Gyles Brandreth: Difference

Gyles Brandreth is British writer, broadcaster and former Member of Parliament. Explore interesting quotes on difference.

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“I describe what I do on the day that I do it. The nice thing for me is that I do lots of different things on lots of different days.”

Gyles Brandreth

WhatsonStage interview, 2010

“Lewis Carroll is somebody who wore different hats. He was a clergyman, a mathematician, a teacher. He wrote serious books, and amazing children's books. He was a photographer. So like most people, he was many people in one skin. Creatively, he made a greater impact than almost any other Victorian, and yet we know next to nothing about him, we just fall back on the old cliché.”

Gyles Brandreth

Interview The Scotsman, 2010

“It's different now, it's different now. Now I can speak the truth. I can tell you that the one thing I really, really couldn't bear when I was an MP were my constituents. [laughter] Let's face it: the people have contempt for the politicans; it is as nothing to the contempt we have for you. [laughter] All over this country, there are politicians on their way to the Labour Party conference, coming away from the LibDem one, getting ready to go to the Conservative one, thinking "God, at last he's said it. He's said what we all feel, that happiness is the constituency in the rear-view mirror."”

Gyles Brandreth

The News Quiz series 72, episode 1 (BBC Radio 4, 24 September 2010).