British - Journalist | May 11, 1950 -
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.
Jeremy Paxman
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I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are.
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It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.
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The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect.
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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?
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I hate the word 'sneering', I can't help the way my face looks.
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One's teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us.
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I've always felt myself to be an outsider. I've always felt awkward.
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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.
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The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.
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Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth.
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I find it odd that people take me seriously.
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