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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Beauty means expression and being your most authentic self.
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Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.
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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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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
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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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With my friends in Brooklyn, many of them started out as artists. I saw many of these friends move into late middle age, still struggling without health insurance or a cushion. I saw people who had given up being artists. Being an artist necessitates a compromise or living on the edge.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.
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Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
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Comic-Con has become more of a pop cultural festival, and to not be included feels like you're missing the biggest celebration of the year.
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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.
