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Portrait of Ian Hislop

Ian Hislop

(1915–1974) Journalist United Kingdom

23 quotes in 227 categories

Ian Hislop was a journalist from the United Kingdom, best known for The "Private Eye" Annual.

Quick Facts About Ian Hislop

Born: January 1, 1915
Died: January 1, 1974
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Journalist
Notable works: The "Private Eye" Annual
Spouse: Victoria Hislop

About Ian Hislop

Ian David Hislop is a British journalist, satirist and television personality. He is the editor of the satirical magazine Private Eye, a position he has held since 1986. He has appeared on many radio and television programmes and has been a team captain on the BBC satirical quiz show Have I Got News for You since its inception in 1990 and remains the only person to appear in all of its episodes as the other team captain Paul Merton didn't appear in 7 of the 8 episodes of series 11 (1996). Hislop has frequently been involved in legal battles, as Private Eye has often been sued for libel over the years.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Ian Hislop

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good…

Cinema

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This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down…

Accept

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They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories…

By the people

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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.

Given

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I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.

Accused

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For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and…

Admit

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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.

Awful

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The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.

Attack

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England Their England by AG Macdonell which was written in the thirties and is about a young Scotsman who's got shell shocked…

England

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In Britian we have a free press. It's not a pretty press, but it's free. The people who can't bear the Daily…

Bans

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My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny,…

Clever

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I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people…

Fame

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I do have a residual belief that, if at all possible, you should try not to mock the weak.

Belief

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You can't understand Twenties England until you appreciate it was under a cloud of mourning. Nearly everyone was grieving.

Appreciate

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Modest about our national pride - and inordinately proud of our national modesty.

Humility

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I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.

Common

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You end up with this succession of periods when everything was marvellous - from King Arthur to the medieval times, Ivanhoe, chivalry,…

Arthur

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I'd always assumed that I would die at about the same age as my dad - he was 45. I am five…

About

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Internet journalism is not a world we know very well at all. It's conducted more on the screen and less in bars,…

Bars

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It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious.

Acceptable

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I've seen the Pokemon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.

Made

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You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think:…

Amount

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No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.

Hard

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