Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant.

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DAVID CRYSTAL Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
DAVID BAILEY Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and le...
DAVID BAILEY The first half of the 20th century belongs to Picasso, and the second half is about photography. The...
DAVID BAILEY I always go for simplicity.
DAVID BAILEY I didn't try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.
DAVID BAILEY All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It wa...
DAVID BAILEY You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.
DAVID BAILEY I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.
DAVID BAILEY People want security in this insecure world.
DAVID BAILEY I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
DAVID BAILEY It's not about composition. It's the way you feel about how your objects should relate to ea...
DAVID BAILEY Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.
DAVID BAILEY Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.
DAVID BAILEY Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out...
DAVID BAILEY I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can p...
DAVID BAILEY If you're curious, London's an amazing place.
DAVID BAILEY I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other ...
DAVID BAILEY The skull is nature's sculpture.
DAVID BAILEY Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.
DAVID BAILEY Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
DAVID BAILEY Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youth...
DAVID BOWIE I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood...
LARRY DAVID You would think that a rock star being married to a supermodel would be one of the greatest things i...
DAVID BOWIE People use irony as a defense mechanism.
DAVID BYRNE Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and ...
DAVID BYRNE I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not go...
DAVID BYRNE Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?
DAVID BYRNE I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll.
DAVID BYRNE I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. ...
DAVID BYRNE That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you.
DAVID BYRNE Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their d...
DAVID BYRNE If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's rea...
DAVID BYRNE My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.
DAVID BYRNE On a bike, being just slightly above pedestrian and car eye level, one gets a perfect view of the go...
DAVID BYRNE I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.
DAVID BYRNE The arts don't exist in isolation.
DAVID BYRNE There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide ex...
DAVID BYRNE

Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant.

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Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant.

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