Jeremy Paxman Quotes
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 think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
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In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean something.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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I've been on a tweeting mission.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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I don't get sick of 'MMMBop' in any way shape or form, and I don't know why I would.
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The airheads of Congress will keep their own plush healthcare plan - it's the rest of us guinea pigs who will be thrown to the wolves.
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I know, logically, about the fact that there are fans of my work in America, but it's hard for that feeling to sink in.
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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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Acting's boring.
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What I love about 'Midnight Train' is that it's a song about a journey, but the music actually takes you on that journey. It feels like you're moving through the whole song.
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I don't like family stories forcefully mixed with commercial elements.
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If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.
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We're Midwestern guys who grew up listening to soul music.
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Stan is a rescue Chihuahua mix. He was the role model for Bob, the dog in 'Ivan.' The drawings in the book look precisely like Stan.
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'MMMBop' took about a year to actually get completed. The chorus idea had really been around for a long time, and then we built the song around it.
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I'm making better than two million a year, but it's hard work. The luxuries and pleasures I enjoy in my spare time keep me in condition to do that work. Carnegie and Frick have more money than I have, but I'm getting more value for my dollars than they are.
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Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does.
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Would you risk your life for love?
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I don’t know how I’ve survived the onslaughts of the government. It almost makes me believe in the Deity. I’m a Catholic, but I’m a Catholic-atheist, because the tragedies in life have overwhelmed me.
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No matter what town you are in, there is some social order and a different yardstick to chart. In New York, people create things like schools and speaking languages and second homes.
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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?
