Terry Wogan Quotes

• There's not enough silliness in the world. Eurovision helps to keep it balanced.

  Terry Wogan

  World, Helping, Enough

  "Eurovision set to rock Latvia". www.cnn.com. May 22, 2003.

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• Who knows what hellish future lies ahead? ... Actually, I do. I've seen the rehearsals.

  Terry Wogan

  Lying, America, World

  "Stars pay tribute to Terry Wogan at Westminster Abbey thanksgiving". www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2016.

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• Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it.

  Terry Wogan

  Imagination, Television, Radio

  "Terry Wogan turned down for BBC2 job in 1965 by David Attenborough" by Jasper Jackson, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2016.

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• Don't start drinking before the fifth song.

  Terry Wogan

  Song, Drinking, America

  "Fairytale story for Norton on his Euro debut" by Carole Cadwalladr, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2009.

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• I don't make the mistake of thinking it's a major musical event. I love the Eurovision Song Contest and it will continue long after I'm gone. Just please don't ask me to take it seriously.

  Terry Wogan

  Song, Mistake, Thinking

  "'Please don't ask me to take it seriously': Terry Wogan's Eurovision quotes" by Leigh Holmwood, www.theguardian.com. December 5, 2008.

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• Jamie Oliver's lunch is soup, half a papaya with lime, ciabatta with mozzarella and prosciutto. The dear boy is not sharing the same planet as the rest of us. Is this lunacy supposed to be a practical suggestion for a harassed housewife trying to drag her children off to school?

  Terry Wogan

  Children, School, Boys

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• People who are successful should never forget that its 90 per cent luck. Youve got to be an eejit to be an egomaniac. I had my glory years - Blankety Blank, the talk show, when I was winning every award going.

  Terry Wogan

  Successful, Winning, Awards

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• Sadly, I cant avoid being 75. Like many people of my age, we are all heading towards the grim reaper, and I am clinging on. I just to have to sharpen my fingernails a little so that I can hang on for longer!

  Terry Wogan

  People, Age, Littles

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• But they're laughing at you. They're not laughing with you.

  Terry Wogan

  Laughter, America, Laughing

  "Beset by Lizards" by Jon Ronson, www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2001.

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• Worried about a skin condition? Leap smartly into a bath of porridge.

  Terry Wogan

  Skins, Baths, Worried

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• I suppose I should make a little apology to Cyndi - although I'm not taking the blame for this - because I was the one who did say Cyndi had won.

  Terry Wogan

  Apology, Littles, Blame

  "'Please don't ask me to take it seriously': Terry Wogan's Eurovision quotes" by Leigh Holmwood, www.theguardian.com. December 5, 2008.

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• The culture now in television is that the presenter calls the financial and, increasingly, the creative shots. It is comparable to what happened in Hollywood 15 or so years ago.

  Terry Wogan

  Years, Creative, Hollywood

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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