Martin Bashir Quotes

#1. You say he's childish, but he's very professional about business transactions.

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#2. He was very concerned about his children potentially being kidnapped or attached, and that's why they were covered up. When he went to Berlin zoo, there were 200 photographers.

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#3. I'm just trying to do my best in the circumstances and am very happy for everyone else to do the same so I don't cultivate enemies.

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#4. For watching sports, I tend to drink Guinness; early evenings always begin well with a Grey Goose and tonic with plenty of lime; and on a cold winter's night, there's nothing quite like a glass of Black Maple Hill ... an absolute peach of a bourbon.

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#5. The Thriller album is still the biggest album of all time. That is still returning huge royalty cheques.

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#6. The chili-rubbed rib-eye at Porter House New York is one of the best steaks that I've eaten anywhere in the world.

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#7. The film was fair to his musical achievement and gave him every opportunity to explain himself.

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#8. If you listen carefully to Rick Santorum, he sounds more like Stalin than Pope Innocent III.

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#9. A teenage taste of beer aside, Mitt Romney does not consume alcohol. Which begs the question, will total abstention put his candidacy, perhaps even this great nation in jeopardy?

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#10. We wanted to make sure that the film covered the main issues of his life. Musicianship, appearance.

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#11. The children don't wear their masks at home and in controlled surroundings.

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#12. I never saw anything that would qualify as a criminal activity.

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#13. I had a pension that I was paying into for 27 years ... It's now worth less than a Herman Cain endorsement.

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#14. Michael Jackson has some contact with his mother. I know she is involved with the children.

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#15. It's terrible. How can we tell the world who the real Michael Jackson is?

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#16. I don't think his life has been in any way disfigured by the film. The film did disclose some difficult facts.

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#17. I have an inate curiosity about people.

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#18. The first time I ask him, have you had your cheekbones raised, have you had your nose changed? He denied it all. I was asking him to compare his face with what it looked like years ago.

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#19. Upon further reflection, and after meeting with the President of MSNBC, I have tendered my resignation. It is my sincere hope that all of my colleagues, at this special network, will be allowed to focus on the issues that matter without the distraction of myself or my ill-judged comments.

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#20. If somebody's not prepared to answer the question, you can keep asking.

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#21. Press coverage has been difficult for him. I did not set out to ensnare him with a child.

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#22. It was a challenging experience. I'm looking forward to a break.

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#23. Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.

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#24. It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it.

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#25. This was almost two hours of factual documentary. In our audience ratings, barely no one left the programme. The whole of his life is so fascinating and people kept watching for that reason.

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