"The idea of a tax on the ownership of a television belongs in the 1950s. Why not tax people for owning a washing machine to fund the manufacture of Persil?"

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Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Jeremy Paxman

#Ideas Quotes #People Quotes #Why Not Quotes

“Sensationalism sells: Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story.”
“As an actor, you're trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say the right thing about the people you're working with.”
“Margaret Thatcher was the first political leader in any major country to warn of the dangers of climate change”
“Two of my biggest heroes were my father and John Wayne.”

Source : Johnny Ramone (2012). “Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone”, p.95, Abrams
“The leader teaches more through being than through doing. The quality of one's silence conveys more than long speeches.”

Source : John HEider (2015). “The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age”, p.23, Green Dragon Books
“You cannot write on the heart of another what you do not feel yourself.”
“I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to.”

Source : Interview with Jasper Anson, www.askmen.com.
“History is a wave that moves through time slightly faster than we do.”

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