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The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.

~Jeremy Paxman

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The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect.

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I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you?

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I hate the word 'sneering', I can't help the way my face looks.

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One's teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us.

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It's stupid to have a simple-minded view.

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Why are we in this mess, now facing the prospect of economic armageddon? It's because the prevailing characteristic has been greed, and it doesn't matter whether it's individuals living beyond their means or governments living beyond their means or people seeking to get rich quick.

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I've always felt myself to be an outsider. I've always felt awkward.

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It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish to say, which may bear no relation at all to what you've asked them.

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The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Journalist

Born: May 11th, 1950

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