Michael Bond Quotes

#1. Things are always happening to me. I'm that sort of bear.

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#2. Please look after this bear.

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#3. As a cameraman, I was paid to stand within a few feet of Yehudi Menuhin performing. I saw Rudolph Nureyev dancing. I couldn't believe I was being paid for that.

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#4. My daughter Karen was born in 1958, the year my first Paddington book came out, so she grew up with him.

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#5. It's nice having a bear about the house.

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#6. I'm not a criminal," said Paddington, hotly. "I'm a bear!

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#7. From the very beginning, there was not the slightest doubt that Olga da Polga was the sort of guinea pig who would go places.

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#8. I have a flat in Paris and go there a lot, but the Eurostar's much more civilised than flying.

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#9. After the war, I went to the BBC monitoring service in Caversham, a suburb of Reading. It was a big aerial system to listen to radio programmes all over the world.

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#10. Paddington Bear was a refugee with a label - 'Please look after this bear. Thank you', and he had a little suitcase.

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#11. The great advantage of having a bear as a central character is that he can combine the innocence of a child with the sophistication of an adult.

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#12. Every small boy wanted to be a steam engine driver when they grew up in the old days, including me. There's something very special about them - the noise, the smell, the steam coming out everywhere.

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