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In her memoir, Anne Robinson recounts the wake-up call which motivated her to stop drinking. Leaving her eight-year-old daughter alone in their car while she went to buy liquor, she returned to find her daughter with tears running down her cheeks. The guilt and horror Ms. Robinson felt at this sight jolted her into sobriety.

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Anne Robinson
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: September 26
Autobiographer
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Television Presenter
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Anne Josephine Robinson
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In an ideal world, I'd be able to do my shows in my pajamas. Luckily I've got one of the best stylists in the business, Rebecca Allen - she knows what looks good on camera and gives it a sexy kick.
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Being rich and miserable has got to be better than poor and unhappy.
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My accountant regularly asks to take me to lunch. I always say I can't afford it.
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I like one nice man because he gets three tickets for the cinema so we've got somewhere to put our coats. He passes the test. I've been quite surprised because I really didn't expect to be wined and dined, and it's quite nice.
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I adore clothes - they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished.
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I'd make banks more accountable. I think they should separate totally the personal banking arm with whatever else they are playing around with.
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Sad old blokes, I'm told, now dream of me with a whip in hand.
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Teachers are the worst. Just shameless about kicking off their rivals.
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Every couple needs glue to stay together. Like all marriages, I suspect, if you're busy you don't see it coming until you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. It's a bit like going broke. It happens slowly and then very quickly.
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I eventually got a job with a television company, started to see how exciting journalism could be as a career, and decided that was what I wanted to do.
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When I was about 17, I had a row with my mother and left home for six months, renting a flat and working as a waitress for a while. I learnt you could double your earnings if you gave good, cheerful service. It taught me that in any job you can improve your lot.
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I don't like the anonymity of the banking process - people now don't have a bank manager they ever meet.
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We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.
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I come from a family of traders my grandmother and my mother were very good at making money.
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Balance sheets bore me. I suspect if figures had excited me I would have gone into the city and now be a lot wealthier.
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I think that in a family some are workers some are not. I certainly saw my mother work very hard and be in charge and never show any kind of fear about business deals. Her golden rule was you should never be embarrassed talking about money and asking for what you deserved. I take the same view.
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Believe me, I've done my time travelling the world in cramped conditions and carrying my own luggage. Now my leisure is summers in the south of France or the Hamptons, walking in Connemara, and year-round shopping in Manhattan and Paris.
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I'm not going to marry a third time. It is just not necessary.
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I've always taken risks and bought property well. As journalism wasn't particularly well paid, buying homes and selling them for profit improved my income.
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I like to look put together without trying too hard. I don't want to look as if God's made another rainbow - I prefer muted, autumnal colours, like most fading redheads.
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