Ian Hislop Quotes
There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.

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Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.
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Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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I love to feature children and young adults as real people - flawed, naive, virtuous, venal - but real. I think it adds nuance and depth to the stories that wouldn't exist without them.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.
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Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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I'm past my wooing days now. See, I am an honest person. If I like a girl, I will go and tell her.
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I don't think I am evangelical in my work.
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We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.
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Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.
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I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
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I'm a big fan of Katy Perry.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House.
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One does not imagine the presence of a dog in the Garden of Eden, for had there been, no doubt he would have given adequate protection to his mistress and saved her descendants from all subsequent trouble.
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Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
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Whatever storytelling muscles you've developed as a documentary filmmaker will be extremely helpful as a narrative filmmaker.
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.