Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire. - Clive James

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As soon as you acknowledge that we're changing the planet on this scale, that it has very potentially massive repercussions and very damaging repercussions, then the next question is okay, what are we going to do about it?

Clive James

Even in moments of tranquility, Murray Walker sounds like a man whose trousers are on fire.

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I actually didn't like that feeling of being out of touch because what I do depends on being in touch. But it's fun to talk about. That's one of the real dangers of drugs: they're too much fun to talk about.

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The inevitable effect of a biographer's hindsight is to belittle the subject's foresight.

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In Italy, for the same price as a typical British hamburger meal including sweet, a builder's labourer could eat like a king - rather better in fact, because pasta dishes gain from being kept simple.

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I was a big pothead for a short period. That was what ticked me off that I shouldn't go near hard drugs, actually, because I would consume the stuff as if it was going out of style and it rapidly occurred to me that if I ever tried a hard drug, the same thing would happen, so I never did.

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They had a. . . dog called Bluey. A know psychopath, Bluey would attack himself if nothing else was available.

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