I was a countryman and a father before I was a writer on political subjects... Born and bred up in the sweet air myself, I was resolved that my children should be bred up in it too.
When I was a child I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies, and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I have ever dreamed has come true a thousand times.
In Durban, where I was born and grew up, and all over Africa, Nelson Mandela was a hero! Now he is a hero to the world.
Here’s the life lesson I’ve learned, Fifi: Some people are born to play the hero, and some are born to play the bad guy. Fighting your destiny only makes life harder than it needs to be. Besides, people remember the villain long after they’ve forgotten the hero.
It's good to dream, and I was born a dreamer.
Derby born and bred, mate.
I was born and bred to be a great flirt.
I'm a London boy, born and bred, and I'll be there for as long as I can.
I'm an inner city man, born and bred.
There isn't anything you can't stand if you are only born and bred to it.
I am High Wycombe born and bred.
You mocking changeling- fairy-born and human-bred!
I've always been an England fan. I was born and bred here.
I move from dreamer to dreamer, from dream to dream, hunting for what I need. Slipping and sliding and flickering through the dreams; and the dreamer will wake, and wonder why this dream seemed different, wonder how real their lives can truly be.
The political hero is not like the sports champion or matinee idol or daring inventor; like the war hero, he is born only of tragedy.
It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.