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A.A. Gill quotes: We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes.

We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes.

A.A. Gill quotes: He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers' melt waters to go back

He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers' melt waters to go back

A.A. Gill quotes: Television gives us the gift to see ourselves as we'd like to be seen.

Television gives us the gift to see ourselves as we'd like to be seen.

A.A. Gill quotes: respect to the Indians, because the very idea of America belongs to immigrants.

respect to the Indians, because the very idea of America belongs to immigrants.

A.A. Gill quotes: I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.

I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.

A.A. Gill quotes: The French in particular confuse unadorned direct language with a lack of culture or intellectual elegance.

The French in particular confuse unadorned direct language with a lack of culture or intellectual elegance.

A.A. Gill quotes: Breakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life.

Breakfast is everything. The beginning, the first thing. It is the mouthful that is the commitment to a new day, a continuing life.

A.A. Gill quotes: America is Europe's greatest invention.

America is Europe's greatest invention.

A.A. Gill quotes: Old guns rarely die, they just hang on walls.

Old guns rarely die, they just hang on walls.

A.A. Gill quotes: Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.

Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.

A.A. Gill quotes: The reason that chefs become chefs is that they're not allowed into rooms with windows.

The reason that chefs become chefs is that they're not allowed into rooms with windows.

A.A. Gill quotes: Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.

Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.

A.A. Gill quotes: In America, immigration is the story of hope and achievement, of youth, of freedom, of creation. But all entrances on one stage are exits elsewhere.

In America, immigration is the story of hope and achievement, of youth, of freedom, of creation. But all entrances on one stage are exits elsewhere.

A.A. Gill quotes: The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn't wishful thinking. It's the rule.

The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isn't wishful thinking. It's the rule.

A.A. Gill quotes: You either get the point of Africa or you don't. What draws me back year after year is that it's like seeing the world with the lid off.

You either get the point of Africa or you don't. What draws me back year after year is that it's like seeing the world with the lid off.

A.A. Gill quotes: America didn't bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could be.

America didn't bypass or escape civilization. It did something far more profound, far cleverer: it simply changed what civilization could be.

A.A. Gill quotes: I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.

I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.

A.A. Gill quotes: Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition.

Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition.

A.A. Gill quotes: It was one thing not taking an old bitterness to a new country. It was another to actually pay to send back Libyan Semtex to blow up my home.

It was one thing not taking an old bitterness to a new country. It was another to actually pay to send back Libyan Semtex to blow up my home.