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I turned down the OBE because it`s not a club you want to join when you look at the villains who`ve got it. It`s all the things I think are despicable: patronage, deferring to the monarchy and the name of the British Empire, which is a monument of exploitation and conquest.

- Ken Loach

And yes, there`s a simplicity to writing books because you`re not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.

- Bernard Cornwell

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

- Alton Greene

It`s not true (that the city has millions available). This is one-time money coming from deferring other programs.

- Anton Schutz