Trevor McDonald Quotes

• Life is so short, it seems careless not to use it all.

  Trevor McDonald

  Use, Life Is, Careless

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• I believe that one can aspire to as much as one wants to.

  Trevor McDonald

  Believe, Want, I Believe

  "Q&A: Trevor McDonald" by Rosanna Greenstreet, December 31, 2010.

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• The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.

  Trevor McDonald

  Discovery, Fake, Television

  "Sir Trevor McDonald". Interview With Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.

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• To pretend you don't feel a certain strangeness after living in England for 40 years is a fallacy.

  Trevor McDonald

  Years, England, Certain

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• I don't know much about my family history except that my father had straight black hair and his ancestors probably came from India.

  Trevor McDonald

  Father, Hair, Black

  "Sir Trevor McDonald". Interview With Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.

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• I am actually a terrible coward. Fear is a constant fact of my life.

  Trevor McDonald

  Coward, Facts, Terrible

  Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.

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• I can't think of any sentiment which is finer than being in a position to give people something they like. I love giving, I am rather embarrassed at receiving.

  Trevor McDonald

  Thinking, People, Giving

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. December 31, 2010.

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• Poetry says the things that I can't say. I read a lot, but I never write it.

  Trevor McDonald

  Writing, I Can

  "Sir Trevor McDonald". Interview With Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.

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• I love living in London.

  Trevor McDonald

  London

  "Q&A: Trevor McDonald". Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. January 1, 2011.

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• How can you interview somebody about something fairly technical if you start on the wrong foot by not even knowing his name?

  Trevor McDonald

  Names, Feet, Knowing

  "Q&A: Trevor McDonald". Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. January 1, 2011.

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• Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

  Trevor McDonald

  Men, Age, Aging

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