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Teachers are the worst. Just shameless about kicking off their rivals.

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Anne Robinson
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: September 26
Autobiographer
Journalist
Television Presenter
Crosby
Merseyside
Anne Josephine Robinson
Shameless
Rivals
Kicking
Teachers
Teacher
Worst

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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 was thrilled when a designer shop assistant said I was a size smaller than Madonna!
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I have been asked to lend people money - I now only ever give whatever amount is comfortable without thinking it will come back, otherwise when you see that person wearing a new coat or going on holiday you think but yes, where is my money?
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The Welsh... I mean, what are they for?
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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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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 saw George Bush at a benefit concert actually waving at Stevie Wonder. Someone had to tell him, 'He can't see you.'
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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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Every mother and daughter should make time for a trip together. It's good for the soul.
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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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My accountant regularly asks to take me to lunch. I always say I can't afford it.
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, whos the dumbest of you all?
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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 do have a rule that very few meetings are worth more than ten minutes.
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Property is my major investment. My accountant has put money into various long-term savings arrangements. To be honest, I am a bit vague about all that stuff.
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Being rich and miserable has got to be better than poor and unhappy.
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In 2001 Steve Staunton became the record cap holder for which country? Brazil.
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My best business decision is always to have been unembarrassed about negotiating a decent deal. Not being coy or shy about money is second nature to me.
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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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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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