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Cleanliness is the scourge of art.

~Craig Brown

Topics: Art Cleanliness Scourge

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My father, a captain in the 5th Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, landed in Normandy the day after D-Day.

~Craig Brown

Topics: After Battalion Cameron Captain Day Father Landed Own Queen

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It is hard being a football loather, a football unfan. I sometimes feel as lonely as the sole survivor in the last reel of a Zombie film, as, one by one, old friends reveal themselves, with their glassy stares and outstretched arms, to have succumbed to the lure.

~Craig Brown

Topics: Arms Being Feel Film Football Friends Hard Last Lonely Lure Old Old Friends Reveal Sole Sometimes Survivor Themselves Zombie

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There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time.

~Craig Brown

Topics: Decide Leave Nothing Only Procrastination Time Wrong You

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Some people see life as a game of chess, while others prefer to see it as a game of cricket; but the longer I live, the more I think of it as a game of Consequences.

~Craig Brown

Topics: Chess Consequences Cricket Game Life Live Longer More Others People Prefer See Some Some People Think While I Think

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It is only if you happen to be a newscaster that the tongue-twister spells peril.

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Topics: Happen Only Peril Spells You

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Like the firm handshake and looking people straight in the eye, the blazer had originally been a symbol of trust. Because of this, it had been purloined by the less-than-trustworthy and became their preferred disguise.

~Craig Brown

Topics: Became Because Been Blazer Disguise Eye Firm Had Handshake Like Looking Originally People Preferred Straight Symbol Trust

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A decent beard has long been the number one must-have fashion item for any fugitive from justice.

~Craig Brown

Topics: Any Beard Been Decent Fashion Fugitive Item Justice Long Number

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My life is a monument to procrastination, to the art of putting things off until later, or much later, or possibly never.

~Craig Brown

Topics: Art Later Life Life Is A Monument Much My Life Never Off Possibly Procrastination Putting Things Until

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Words have a life of their own. There is no telling what they will do. Within a matter of days, they can even turn turtle and mean the opposite.

~Craig Brown

Topics: Days Even Life Matter Mean Opposite Own Telling Turn Turtle Will Within Words

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Critic

Born: May 23rd, 1957

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