Eddie Mair Quotes

I'm sorry for croaking at you this evening. This is PM, I'm Eddie Mair: the walrus of news.

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• All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • Failure
  • Human
  • Actions

• The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Student
  • Restaurant
  • Reviews

• If I read a scary story in the newspaper, I find I'm haunted by it.

  

  Karen Thompson Walker
  • Story
  • Find
  • Scary

• The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • People
  • Live
  • Eating

• These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Life
  • Game
  • Moments

• I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.

  

  Lars von Trier
  • Up
  • Home
  • Strong

• I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.

  

  Jack Whitehall
  • People
  • Me
  • Conscious

• I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport.

  

  Naomi Benaron
  • Moment
  • Wings
  • Plane

• People are worried about what's going to happen to journalism - and they should be. Every day, the blogosphere is getting better and print media is getting worse; you have to be an idiot not to see that.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • People
  • Day
  • Media

• Once in my childhood I had been eager to learn Irish; I thought to get leave to take lessons from an old Scripture-reader who spent a part of his time in the parish of Killinane, teaching such scholars as he could find to read their own language in the hope that they might turn to the only book then being printed in Irish, the Bible.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Time
  • Book
  • Hope

• To be honest, the core reason why I became an actor was that I didn't want to go to school. That's where it started. I hated opening my history books and my English books, but then, of course, you grow older. I went to film school in New York, and that's when you really realize that you have to grow up now. It's not child's play anymore.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • Up
  • School
  • Why

• Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over.

  

  B. J. Novak
  • People
  • Different
  • Opportunity

• The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.

  

  Jack Kevorkian
  • Best
  • Decision
  • Advice

• Every single one of us has a few months here or there that feel like dark months.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Single
  • Like
  • Dark

• Life is funny, and a lot of times, the people that I've met have really gone past anything that I've ever dreamed of, so I'm really grateful. My friendships really go from the West to the East. You'd be amazed at some of the people I call friends.

  

  BeBe Winans
  • People
  • Life
  • Friends

• I'm one of the best actresses. One day I will win an Oscar.

  

  Bai Ling
  • Day
  • Best
  • Win

• There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • People
  • World
  • History

• I'm constantly feeding my metabolism. But at the same time if I want to go one night and have a nice dinner then I won't sweat it the next day.

  

  Cara Castronuova
  • Time
  • Night
  • Nice

• During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.

  

  Laini Taylor
  • Book
  • Words
  • City

• When I was a child, I wanted to raise horses in Wyoming or be a cabin boy on a pirate ship.

  

  Sadie Jones
  • Boy
  • Child
  • Ship

• At MTV, although the audience is smaller, I found it more interesting to deliver news to a specific group of people, because my story then did not have to try to be all things to all people.

  

  Tabitha Soren
  • People
  • Interesting
  • News

• It's okay saying sorry, but when you are drunk you say what you really feel.

  

  Vidal Sassoon
  • Sorry
  • Saying
  • Drunk

• The news of the discovery spread fast all over the country, and inquisitive enquiries mingled with congratulations from this moment became the daily programme.

  

  Howard Carter
  • News
  • Discovery
  • Congratulations

• I'm sorry for croaking at you this evening. This is PM, I'm Eddie Mair: the walrus of news.

  

  Eddie Mair
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