David Frost Quotes
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The creed of the Inland Revenue is simple: "If we can bring one little smile to one little face today, then somebody's slipped up somewhere."
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There have been many definitions of hell, but for the English the best definition is that it is the place where the Germans are the police, the Swedish are the comedians, the Italians are the defense force, Frenchmen dig the roads, the Belgians are the pop singers, the Spanish run the railways, the Turks cook the food, the Irish are the waiters, the Greeks run the government, and the common language is Dutch.
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New York means many different things to me. It certainly means cheesecake, more species of cheesecake than I ever knew existed: rum, orange, hazelnut, chocolate marble, Italian, Boston, and of course, New York.
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Love is staying up all night with a sick child - or a healthy adult.
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Being upbeat is the key to life.
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Now he's miserable and depressed.
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Vote Labor and you build castles in the air. Vote Conservative and you can live in them.
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Concentration of effort and the habit of working with a definite chief aim are two of the essential factors in success, which are always found together. One leads to the other.
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You can be in London at 10 o'clock and in New York at 10 o'clock. I have never found another way of being in two places at once.
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Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.
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A broad definition of crime in England is that it is any lower-class activity that is displeasing to the upper class.
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British business is disappointed that the MPC felt unable to act more boldly to counter the worsening economic circumstances and the sharp slowdown in the pace of economic activity,.
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Ideas matter in New York. I am certain that more conversations in New York are about ideas than anywhere else. Not just vague theories, but ideas that New Yorkers have the will, and the clout, to do something about.
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This is what has to be remembered about the law: Beneath that cold, harsh, impersonal exterior there beats a cold, harsh, impersonal heart.
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Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.
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For those of you haven't read the book, it's being published tomorrow
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Diplomacy, n. is the art of letting somebody else have your way.
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Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
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When a man is tired of New York he is tired of work. And thought. And cheesecake.
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Love is when each person is more concerned for the other than for one's self.
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What we are going to end up with here is two nations. That will create real resentment in the workforce.
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Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a simple format - two people sitting across from one another having a conversation. But underneath it is often a power struggle - a battle for the psychological advantage.
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He's turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable.
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