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I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else. We have lethal Sunni v Shia, Catholic against Protestant, but no agnostic suicide bombers attack crowded atheist pubs.

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Suicide, Atheist, War

"Simon Hoggart's week: Ever heard of an agnostic suicide bomber?" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2012.

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I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else.

Simon Hoggart

Inspirational, Motivational, Atheist

"Simon Hoggart's week: Ever heard of an agnostic suicide bomber?" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2012.

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The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.

Simon Hoggart

Party, Funeral, Dinner

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A British lawyer would like to think of himself as part of that mysterious entity called The Law; an American lawyer would like a swimming pool and two houses.

Simon Hoggart

Swimming, Thinking, Law

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I've been intrigued by 'Le Monde' ever since work took me to Paris once, and I noted that on a day when there was some huge worldwide story, the paper led its front page on some cabinet changes in Turkey. It implied a magnificent disdain for the quotidian folderol of mere news.

Simon Hoggart

Turkeys, Paris, News

"Just a bellow - or a roar of public rage?" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2007.

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Remember how Margaret Thatcher came to believe that abroad was more important than at home? Didn't do her much good.

Simon Hoggart

Believe, Home, Important

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The nanny seemed to be extinct until 1975, when, like the coelacanth, she suddenly and unexpectedly reappeared in the shape of Margaret Thatcher.

Simon Hoggart

Nannies, Shapes

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Living in New York is like being at some terrible late-night party. You're tired, you've had a headache since you arrived, but you can't leave because then you'd miss the party.

Simon Hoggart

New York, Party, Tired

Simon Hoggart (1990). “America: A User's Guide”, HarperCollins

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Kind 'Guardian' readers have been forwarding me round robin Christmas newsletters for years now: lengthy missives full of perfect children, exotic holidays, talented pets and endless, tedious detail. The notes that accompanied them revealed they had inspired in the original recipients everything from mild irritation to absolute rage.

Simon Hoggart

Children, Holiday, Years

"Glad tidings we bring ..." by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. December 10, 2004.

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I've served on five different juries, and many of them were bonkers in their own way.

Simon Hoggart

Different, Way, Jury

"Simon Hoggart's week: juries are smarter than lawyers suspect" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2013.

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While it is entirely untrue that Canadians lack a sense of humour, the funniest ones tend to head south: Dan Aykroyd, Jim Carrey, Michael J. Fox.

Simon Hoggart

Foxes, Michael J Fox, Humour

"This is a job for super-wonk" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2013.

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I'm often amazed at the way politicians, who spend hours poring over opinion poll results in a desperate attempt to discover what the public thinks, are certain they know precisely what God's views are on everything.

Simon Hoggart

Thinking, Views, Way

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The British are the last national group who can be insulted by Hollywood without any comeback. These days if you depict Italians as gangsters, Saudis as terrorists or Mexicans as violent drug dealers you'll never hear the end of it. But as still the largest - and possibly the richest - ethnic group in the States, the British just have to take it.

Simon Hoggart

Drug, Hollywood, Groups

"What do men guilty of 'inappropriate behaviour' think they will get from it?" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. March 1, 2013.

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America loves the representation of its heroes to be not just larger than life, but stupendously, awesomely bigger than anything else. If blue whales built statues to each other they'd be smaller then these.

Simon Hoggart

Hero, Blue, Whales

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All over the U.S. there are people whose lives are being destroyed for lack of proper health care provision, and there is no sight more odious than the rich, powerful and arrogant trying to keep it that way.

Simon Hoggart

Powerful, Sight, People

"Why the American right make me sick" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2009.

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Until now their line has been that the Tories are incapable of doing anything about poverty, and aren't interested in doing it in the first place. By contrast, Labour says, we are also incapable of doing anything about poverty, but would dearly love to do something. If we knew what.

Simon Hoggart

Lines, Poverty, Firsts

"Milburn inflamed by compassion gone mad" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2002.

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I also learned to play Fruit Ninja on an iPad. It is quite hypnotic, and I hope one day to get past 100 points. I remembered that David Cameron admits to being an addict. I wonder if it helps him in his work. 'Great, just destroyed a pineapple! Reminds me, shall we send those grenades to the Syrian rebels?'

Simon Hoggart

Past, Play, Ipads

"Simon Hoggart's week: the new Christmas traditions" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. December 28, 2012.

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Reagan is the only man to take the presidency as a part-time job, a means of filling up the otherwise empty hours of retirement.

Simon Hoggart

Retirement, Jobs, Mean

"Sports Coverage? It's Not Cricket". www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2004.

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Curiously, it is hard not to be a little optimistic about the future for Zimbabwe (as nobody at all calls it yet, except in political speeches). The fear is not that there will be mass slaughter of the whites, followed by their flight to South Africa and the collapse of the economy, but that the need to retain white confidence may mean that the blacks are badly disappointed.

Simon Hoggart

Optimistic, Mean, White

"Ironing the Lawn in Salisbury, Rhodesia". www.theguardian.com. February 09, 1980.

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Corney & Barrow are proud to have the royal warrant, meaning that they provide the Palace with some of the greatest - and necessarily most expensive - wines from around the world. I am pleased to say that they also hold my own warrant, for providing exceptional wines at - surprisingly - modest prices.

Simon Hoggart

Wine, World, Proud

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Peter Mandelson is the only man I know who can skulk in broad daylight.

Simon Hoggart

Men, Daylight, Peter

"Sports Coverage? It's Not Cricket". www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2004.

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Some government expenditure actually makes a profit. Our theatre leads the world. Loads of tourists must be attracted by the fact that you could spend a week in London doing nothing but visit superb museums and galleries, free.

Simon Hoggart

Museums, Government, Theatre

"Simon Hoggart's week: Why do we worry when writers go stateside?" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2011.

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Canada is not so much a country as a clothesline nearly 4,000 miles long. St John's in Newfoundland is closer to Milan, Italy than to Vancouver.

Simon Hoggart

Country, Long, Vancouver

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In Washington, success is just a training course for failure.

Simon Hoggart

Success, Training, Courses

Simon Hoggart (1990). “America: A User's Guide”, HarperCollins

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The Chinese do make vast quantities of wine for home consumption, but you wouldn't want to drink it yourself.

Simon Hoggart

Home, Wine, Chinese

"Red Nose Day needs fewer celebrities and more mercenary task forces" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2013.

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