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Jeremy Clarkson, born on April 11, 1960, is a renowned British broadcaster. Known for his unique sense of humor and forthright speech, he was one of the hosts of the popular TV show 'Top Gear'.

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“I mean its a weekly occurrence that somebody will complain that Top Gear was on last night - and you just sit back and wait for the complaints. But if you start to pay attention to everyones concerns, you end up with something bland and boring. So you sort of have to ignore everybody in order to do the show how we want to do it.”

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“If a football official were to call for a slow-motion replay every time Didier Drogba fell over, each match would last about six weeks.”

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“If I like somebody else's tribe I'm going to promote the hell out of it. The whole thing is a democracy, and if somebody's more popular then good luck to them.”

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“[on the BMW X3] If you are clinically insane, by which I mean you wake up in the morning and think you are an onion, here's your car.”

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“Like every big organisation these days, the BBC is obsessed with the wellbeing of those who set foot on its premises. Studios must display warning notices if there is real glass on the set, and the other day I was presented with a booklet explaining how to use a door. I am not kidding.”

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Book:The world according to Clarkson

Source: The world according to Clarkson

“If you're thinking of coming to America, this is what it's like: you've got your Comfort Inn, you've got your Best Western, and you've got your Red Lobster where you eat. Everybody's very fat, everybody's very stupid and everybody's very rude - it's not a holiday programme, it's the truth.”

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“Then there’s the biggest problem of them all – the problem of being in an Audi TT when you are not called Angela. I do not know why it can be driven by only people named Angela, but that’s a fact and there’s nothing we can do about it. If you have a TT and you aren’t called Angela, you have the wrong car.”

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“If you were to buy a [BMW] 6-series, I recommend you select reverse when leaving friends’ houses so they don’t see its backside.”

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“If we build three million new houses by 2020, where will we grow all the stuff needed to feed the people who live in them?”

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“I rang up Jay Kay, who's got one, and said: 'Can we borrow yours?' and he said, 'Yeah, if I can borrow your daughter, because it amounts to the same thing.'”

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“If you go through the pearly gates backwards in a fireball, that's a cool way to die!”

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“If the Scottish want to break away, I shall stand on Hadrian's Wall with a teary handkerchief, and say: 'Good riddance to the lot of you, and take your stupid bagpipes with you.'”

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“Do not cruise through red lights. Because if I'm coming the other way, I will run you down, for fun.”

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“The problem is that television executives have got it into their heads that if one presenter on a show is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed heterosexual boy, the other must be a black Muslim lesbian.”

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About the Author

Born: April 11, 1960
Known for: Broadcaster
Quotes: 123

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