Jeremy Paxman Quotes
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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During workouts, I listen to Pandora, and I like the '90s pop stations. 'The Backstreet Boys' is fun!
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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
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Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.
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Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
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I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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My memories from my childhood are centered on my father's medical conditions alongside my constant desire to understand the principles of the nature around me.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.
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If the past is an indication, when women are given a job to do in Congress, they get it done.
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Mary heard God's word and kept it, and so she is blessed. She kept God's truth in her mind, a nobler thing than carrying his body in her womb.
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I may as well say it, I have been married three times.
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The normalization of Trump is one indicator that there may be less to the populist insurrection than imagined.
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It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.
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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.