Gavin Esler Quotes

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Gavin Esler

Profession : Journalist

Birth : February 27, 1953

Privacy is dead. We live in a world of instantaneous, globalised gossip. The idea that there is a 'private' sphere and a 'public' sphere for world leaders, politicians or anyone in the public eye is slowly disintegrating. The death of privacy will have a profound effect on who our leaders will be in the future.

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What mattered in the cold war was weight - how big are your missiles? How heavy are your tanks? What matters in globalisation is speed. How fast is your modem? How good are you communications?

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Rich, poor, white, people of colour, are all equally irreplaceable.

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Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is now a good friend, and the thing that strikes you about him is that he's all about details.

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Viewers don't like rudeness, but they like us to be persistent.

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My taste in coffee has got better with age, and so has my taste in music.

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Every year I go to Denver, usually between June and August. I hire a car and head up to the Rocky Mountain National Park, about a three-hour drive. It's my idea of heaven on earth and just talking about it puts me in a good mood.

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When I visit universities in the U.A.E., the U.S. and across Europe, I see the faces of the leaders of tomorrow.

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Nobody is infallible, but it is important to have trusted guides when it comes to information.

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Anyone who goes through divorce goes through a very hard time.

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One of my American heroes is the great former U.S. diplomat George Kennan.

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Funerals should celebrate a life.

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My first day at Duddingston Primary is probably my first memory.

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We're never encouraged by the producers to ask questions in any way. The most important thing to be is authentic and to be yourself. If I feel someone has answered a question then I'll move on. If I feel it's important enough, I will pursue the question.

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I have a long connection with Kent and Canterbury and I hope to help other young men and women to achieve their ambitions through a wonderful university experience.

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Maybe I should declare a bias. I like Americans. Always have. Always will.

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Personally, I hope that we British continue to criticise America - just as I hope Americans will criticise us. That is what friends do.

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Americans, apparently, either do nothing about the world's problems, in which case they are ignorant and isolationist, selfish and gutless, or they try to do something about the world's problems, in which case they are arrogant and naive, greedy and bullying.

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There is a common British delusion that we 'understand' America. We don't. Watching 'Friends' listening to Bruce Springsteen, eating at McDonald's and visiting Disneyland does not do it.

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A British politician who cloaks himself in the mantle of God is immediately regarded with suspicion.

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