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Chris Tarrant

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[Wikipedia] Christopher John Tarrant is an English retired broadcaster, television personality, radio DJ, and comedian. He is best known for presenting the ITV children's television show Tiswas from 1974 to 1981 and the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? from its inception in 1998 until 2014.

Quotes by Chris Tarrant

I think the relentless tide of celebrity stuff on the telly is getting pretty tedious.

Celebrity

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I love being British but our railways are shocking. We are so inured to how appalling our railways are. And the idea…

British

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My own marriages have not been a great success. I've been divorced twice and when I first got divorced it hit my…

Great

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Britain's Got Talent' isn't all that far from 'The Gong Show' 35 years ago, is it?

Britain

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Some of the parts of Burma, we met people who'd never, ever gone out of their village. And they were brutally poor;…

Enjoy

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When I was kid I always wanted to be either the captain of the England cricket team or I wanted to be…

Always

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Sometimes I'll go fishing with a group of friends but I am just as happy sitting out there on my own. The…

Fishing

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There's a point at which we have to control our borders. The bottom line is the world is full up and the…

Borders

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If you go to Japan, even at the pokiest little station, every single train is arrives and leaves on time - not…

Canada

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Without the railways, the Holocaust wouldn't have happened. I don't actually think the second world war would have happened without them.

Holocaust

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I don't want to go back to Capital Radio. I don't want to go back to rolling in custard with Sheena Easton…

Back

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I am incredibly lucky to be alive because one in three people who have strokes don't make it.

Alive

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Before my stroke, I thought I was infallible, because I was physically strong, and could do these endless hours with no effects,…

Could

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There's no point in doing an intelligent quiz with me sitting opposite Kerry Katona.

Doing

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My dad was running up and down stairs at 85; my granddad lived until 96, and married a much younger woman at 86.

Dad

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Whenever I go abroad, I never return home craving roast beef and Yorkshire pudding or fish and chips. Instead all I really…

Craving

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I used to go salmon fishing with the late Jim Slater, the renowned investor, and he would give me tips. He told…

Fishing

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A big percentage of the Argentine economy is founded on beef ranching, and they produce steaks the size of dustbin lids. Malbec…

Beef

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I did have an expensive divorce, but I'm now better off than I was. So I don't need to work, I just…

Better

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When I was four years old, I found fishing and it has been my base ever since.

Been

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I spent hours playing in the garden on my own. I used to play cricket with myself. I never remember thinking, I…

Brother

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I don't do manbags! But don't flaunt your money, your most expensive camera or your best watch. And don't use a cashpoint…

Best

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I first visited Buenos Aires at the end of 2015 while filming the latest series of 'Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways', and I…

Back

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I went to university in Birmingham in the 1970s just when the curry revolution was starting in Britain.

1970s

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No, I'm very patriotic. I'm very British and I'm very pro-British, but that in no way means you therefore exterminate anybody else…

British

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