James May Quotes

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James May

Profession : Journalist

Birth : January 16, 1963

I have never stormed off over money or contracts. I am paid quite well by 'Top Gear.' I am pretty happy, and I have never seen Richard Hammond storm off, either.

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I can't see Jeremy Clarkson having very many serious problems in his working life in the long run.

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I'm only a freelance TV presenter and, in many ways, it's all just been a massive fluke.

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Modern man is in crisis. He has degenerated from the redoubtable pillar he became through centuries of refinement and slipped resignedly into the popular depiction of himself as a witless under-achiever, incapable of looking after himself or those around him.

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We'd become lazy with 'Top Gear,' doing six or seven shows a series.

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It's actually very difficult to come up with a new name for something that hasn't already been bagged by someone else, unless you call your new show 'Shubbley-Doobley-Woobley' or something like that!

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It does cost a lot of money to make high-quality TV in exotic locations. I know everyone thinks we've been given a massive sack full of money and gone off and bought Lamborghinis and gone off for lunch, but it isn't actually like that.

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I'm quite happy to laugh at Argentina's obsession with ham and cheese, but not, you know, delicate bits of their history.

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I hope we're not barred from Argentina - I'd quite like to go back for another ham and cheese sandwich.

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The three of us may be reunited on screen, we may go our separate ways, or we may disappear from the television altogether and each assume a place, alone, in the corner of a pub where any unsuspecting passing drinker who strays into an exclusion zone studiously avoided by the locals will be subjected to a predictable 'I used to be on TV' routine.

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Some cyclists are complete prats, obviously, but so are some drivers.

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Bicycles should not be insured or registered, and cycling proficiency should not be subject to a test. That's just weak-kneed nonsense from people who believe the world can be cured with paperwork.

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I'm on television far too much. I'm not sure why. I've watched myself on TV from time to time. It's painful.

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I've never wanted to be on television for the sake of it, I suppose because I'm not one of life's natural presenters; I'm not an actor.

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I always found it hard to motivate myself.

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Look - think very hard about the car you want. Then buy that one, brand new.

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The V50 is a genuinely great car, even as a diesel.

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Never has a material been as overrated as leather.

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