| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 8148 |
| QUOTATION: | Theres nothing the British like better than a bloke who comes from nowhere, makes it, and then gets clobbered. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Melvyn Bragg (b. 1939), British broadcaster, author. quoted in Guardian (London, Sept. 23, 1988).
Referring to actor Richard Burton. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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