Jonathan Dimbleby Quotes

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• Rolling my trousers down to expose the upper part of my buttocks and having a knife pressed up and down my spine by a Russian…
• I hate flying. My stomach churns at the mere thought of it.
• Presidents and prime ministers, whether they live in the rich or the poor world, are insulated and isolated from the devastating impact of global poverty.…
• Anyone who thinks that you become a journalist or broadcaster in order to be a wallflower needs to think again.
• As a young man, causes of one kind or another engaged me, and I thought the media is where you express yourself in that. I…
• I was born with a silver microphone in my mouth, and that was an advantage. My father wrote books and was also a great broadcaster.
• I was a reluctant convert, and I am by no means a zealot. But the evidence is compelling: to write off wind-power is either ill-informed…
• It is easy enough to hold an opinion, but rather more testing to act on it.
• The long, forensic interview really matters.
• That test should not be about ratings. What should weigh is the knowledge that a public broadcaster delivers programmes that matter.
• I fail to understand how you can justify a poll tax on the entire population, yet exclude a significant proportion of that population from programmes…
• The moment seemed right to me for a full and, if possible, authoritative portrait of the life and character of the Prince of Wales.

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