British Book Award

Famous quotes containing the words british, book and/or award:

    The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together, and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science their labour bore fruit.
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    The bottle is drunk out by one;
    At two, the book is shut;
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    Love and its commerce done....
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    The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.
    Robert Graves (1895–1985)