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To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives. Charles Lamb
Enjoy Sick
The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen. Charles Lamb
Good Man Finds He Likes Well Whether Measure Choosing Chosen
Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service in a large Prayer book. Charles Lamb
Service Prayer Book Before Books Give Shakespeare Like Perhaps Up Just Dying Should Large Last
Cards are war, in disguise of a sport. Charles Lamb
War Disguise Sport Cards
Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people. Charles Lamb
People Own Way Fellows Unwholesome Boy Mates Capital Companions Grown Among
The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street. Charles Lamb
Man Rare Recipe Melancholy Must Dull Fleet Who Street
The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days. Charles Lamb
Become Purposes Days Now
Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment. Charles Lamb
Disappointment Feeling Down No-One Excite Puts Without Always Curiosity Newspapers Ever
A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect. Charles Lamb
Pun Laws Feather Bound Wit Tickle Limit Intellect Off Pistol Which Nicer Ear
I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible. Charles Lamb
Old Possible Slowly Like Very Grow
Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of it. Charles Lamb
You Blessed Clap Vein Irony Your
The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it. Charles de Saint-Évremond
Great Difficulty More Greater Glory
The fashion industry is an immense cultural and social blight that only gets a free pass because its would-be detractors are scared it'll start criticising their haircut. Charlie Brooker
Fashion Free Immense Would-Be Scared Only Haircut Blight Industry Because Pass Cultural Gets Social Fashion Industry Start
The fashion industry is the worst possible vessel for conveying an ethical message about anything. Charlie Brooker
Fashion Worst Possible About Message Industry Vessel Anything Conveying Ethical Fashion Industry
I'm extremely neurotic; it's the way my brain is built. Charlie Brooker
Way Extremely Neurotic Built Brain
If there's no point, then there's no point giving up. Charlie Brooker
Giving Giving Up No Point Point Up Then
What's odd about the selfie stick is that while it might faintly improve the photo you'll post on Facebook, it definitely makes you seem like a shallow, awful clown to any bystanders in the humdrum physical space you're posing in. Charlie Brooker
You Facebook Post Space Clown Definitely Photo Physical About Seem Shallow Like Stick Makes Odd Improve Any While Might Awful Humdrum Posing
I haven't always been the kind of man who plays videogames. I used to be the kind of boy who played videogames. Charlie Brooker
Man Kind Boy Always Been Videogames Used Who Played Plays
It's hard to think of a single human function that technology hasn't somehow altered, apart perhaps from burping. That's pretty much all we have left. Charlie Brooker
Technology Single Think Pretty Somehow Perhaps Altered Left Human Apart Much Hard Function
At 16, I was drawing cartoons, and I wanted to carry on being a cartoonist. Charlie Brooker
Drawing Carry Cartoonist Cartoons Being Wanted
I can't rank anything. I mean, how could anyone possibly say what their favourite piece of music is? I don't have the ability or the desire to categorise things of that nature. Charlie Brooker
Music Nature Say Rank Possibly Favourite Ability Could Piece How Anyone Anything Mean Things Desire
The sole purpose of a crown is to make anyone not wearing one feel like an insignificant pauper. They're obscene to the point of satire. Charlie Brooker
Satire Sole Sole Purpose Wearing Insignificant Purpose Crown Point Obscene Feel Like Make Anyone
I've scaled back my involvement with Twitter; it's too easy to get dragged into an argument. Charlie Brooker
Argument Twitter Too Back Easy Involvement Get Dragged
Videogames are probably my first love. Charlie Brooker
Love First First Love Videogames
I remember when I realised, as a child, 'That stuff on the TV about nuclear bombs is real! Why isn't everyone running around shouting 'Aaarrgghh'? Why are people still buying bicycle clips?' Charlie Brooker
People Remember Bicycle Everyone TV Running About Remember When Stuff Around Real Still Child Realised Shouting Why Nuclear Bombs Buying
I used to draw comics a lot. I was obsessed with 'The Young Ones,' and was massively into video games, although I was no good at them. Charlie Brooker
Video Games Good Young Draw Obsessed Massively Although Comics Lot Them Video Used Games
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