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In Washington, success is just a training course for failure.
— Simon Hoggart
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Simon Hoggart
journalist, radio personality
🔗 Read on Wikipedia1946 – 2014
Simon David Hoggart was an English journalist and broadcaster. He wrote on politics for The Guardian, and on wine for The Spectator. Until 2006, he presented The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4. His journalism sketches have been published in a series of books.
All Quotes by Simon Hoggart
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I cannot be alone in being pretty nauseated by Red Nose Day, or at least its television manifestation. Do I think that wretchedly poor children in Africa should get food and life-saving drugs? Of course. Do I want to be hectored into contributing by celebrities who earn more in a 10-minute slot than many of these families get in a year? Nope.
— Simon Hoggart
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Kind 'Guardian' readers have been forwarding me round robin Christmas newsletters for years now: lengthy missives full of perfect children, exotic holidays, talented pets and endless, tedious detail. The notes that accompanied them revealed they had inspired in the original recipients everything from mild irritation to absolute rage.
— Simon Hoggart
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I cannot be alone in being pretty nauseated by Red Nose Day, or at least its television manifestation. Do I think that wretchedly poor children in Africa should get food and life-saving drugs? Of course. Do I want to be hectored into contributing by celebrities who earn more in a 10-minute slot than many of these families get in a year? Nope.
— Simon Hoggart
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In Washington, success is just a training course for failure.
— Simon Hoggart