Clive James
Writer
1939-10-07
Quotes by Clive James
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All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.
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All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.
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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
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Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire.
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I couldn't help blaming myself, and, unfortunately, neither could he.
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You should never trust anyone who listens to Mahler before they're forty.
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Not everyone who wants to make a film is crazy, but almost everyone who is crazy wants to make a film.
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It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.
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Men never sound more stupid than when they're telling you they're a very complex personality.
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A luxury liner is really just a bad play surrounded by water.
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It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are
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Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid of the world.
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You can never get a woman to sit down and listen to a drum solo.
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