Sandi Toksvig Quotes

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Sandi Toksvig

Profession : Writer

Birth : May 3, 1958

I always wanted to get married. I was very drawn to the idea of a partner with whom you went through life, a mate who was always in your corner.

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Being attracted to my own sex was as much part of who I was as being short or blonde or drawn to the library, but I was made to grow up feeling 'other.' Most books, films - even advertisements - didn't reflect how I felt, and I often watched the world from the outside.

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When I came out in September 1994, I was, as far as I know, the only out lesbian in British public life.

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I am keen on a spiritual life and have struggled to find a place for my heart in a religious community.

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A lot of what we think of as history is actually just a version of events which may or may not be true.

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The truth is I don't really like the world of plastic money: the great chip-and-pin double act of modern payment. I prefer cash. I don't like the idea of some distant clerk nodding each time I make a card purchase and quietly adding to my 'consumer profile.' I'm anti all cards.

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I worry that every time I lay down my credit card of choice, it says something about me. About my social standing or how I see myself. The very colour of your card is an indication of where you stand in the wealth stakes.

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I don't know a lot about mountaineering. I once went walking in the Lake District with the legendary climber Chris Bonington and had to have emergency physio afterwards to regain sensation in my thighs.

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I am always slightly mystified by the whole 'Snow White' story. What are the chances of coming across that many diminutive men living in one house in the woods?

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I am 5 ft. tall myself, and it is rare that I meet someone new who doesn't comment on my height.

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I know we don't all follow in the family footsteps, but you are, I suppose, more likely to consider becoming a butcher if you have spent your childhood watching a parent debone a pig.

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The problem with money issued by any government is that its only value is what those in charge decree.

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I'm ashamed to say, I've done hideous pen portraits of people I don't like in my novels. And they'll say, 'Oh, that person was hideous,' and I'm nodding, and I'm thinking, 'It's you, you fool!'

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'The News Quiz' is one of the things I am proudest of in my professional life.

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I've played the Royal Albert Hall to 8,500 people, and there wasn't a nerve in my body.

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You can't complain or have a say if you don't vote.

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I don't care if you're from the right or left of politics - there are core objectives we can all agree on: equal pay, equal representation on the media, equal representation at board level, politics, an end to domestic violence.

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I have a son and two daughters, and I care equally about all three of them, and I want the world to be a better place for all of them.

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I'm 57 years old, and I host a quiz show every single day. I got asked in a recent interview, did I feel that hosting a quiz show helps keep my brain sharp? And I asked - would you ask Stephen Fry that question, who is exactly the same age as me? Somehow, I'm managing to stand up and stay cogent despite my incredible age.

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