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Jeremy Paxman Biography

Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is a British broadcaster, journalist, and author. He is the question master of University Challenge, having succeeded Bamber Gascoigne when the programme was revived in 1994.

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At last someone takes me seriously.

Lasts, Seriously, Take Me, Takes

I got fed up of listening to bollocks

Bollocks, Fed, Fed Up, Feds, Listening

The defining problem of contemporary television is trust: Can you believe what you see on television, does television treat people fairly, is it healthy for society?

Believe, Healthy, People, See, Society

I voted against Gerald Nabarro in my first general election, but my defiance made no difference. If you had put a Conservative rosette on a mustachioed hamster, it would have been elected.

America, Difference, Differences, Election, Gerald, World

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?

Belongs, Ideas, Machine, Owning, People, Why Not

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you?

Face, Faces, Horse, Spent, Whole Life

I've always felt myself to be an outsider. I've always felt awkward.

Awkward, Felt, Outsider, Outsiders

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.

Interest, Life, Live, Looking, Looking Forward

It would be unforgivable to use the role I have, such as it is, to inflict my incoherent, half-baked view of the world on people. That would be illegitimate and unacceptable and I should be fired.

Incoherent, People, Unacceptable, View, Views, Would Be

The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.

Bird, Business, Cheese, Early, Funny, Humor

Has there ever been a visitor to Ludlow who hasn't wished they lived there?

Lived, Ludlow, Visitor, Visitors, Wished

At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other things, and they just don't leave you alone. People have less time just to drop into an art gallery.

Art, Beck, Call, Gallery, People, Work

I have neither the learning nor the experience to know whether the doomsayers are right about the human causes of climate change. But I am willing to acknowledge that people who know a lot more than I do may be right when they claim that it is the consequence of our own behaviour. I assume that this is why the BBC's coverage of the issue abandoned the pretence of impartiality long ago.

Change, Impartiality, Issues, Long Ago, People, Pretence

Television bosses should stop insulting the public's intelligence by assuming we are all idiots.

Boss, Idiots, Insulting, Intelligence, Television

It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.

Answer, Answers, Cynicism, Giving, People, Question

Sharing holiday snaps on social media is an act of arrogant vanity.

Act, Holiday, Media, Vanity

I find it odd that people take me seriously.

Odd, People, Seriously, Take Me

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.

Asked, Bears, May, Say, Schooled, Wish

It's stupid to have a simple-minded view.

Simple, Stupid, View, Views

The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced

Cheque, Pay, Promise, Rising, Western

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