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Being rich and miserable has got to be better than poor and unhappy.

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Anne Robinson
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: September 26
Autobiographer
Journalist
Television Presenter
Crosby
Merseyside
Anne Josephine Robinson
Miserable
Unhappy
Rich
Poor
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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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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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I do think your attitude towards money is an inherent part of your character.
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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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My accountant regularly asks to take me to lunch. I always say I can't afford it.
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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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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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I don't despise, because no-one should live rent-free inside your head.
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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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Sad old blokes, I'm told, now dream of me with a whip in hand.
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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 have never, for a single moment, been aware of pressure from anyone in television about how I dress, what my shape is or how I speak. I've always written my own scripts. I've always been the first to point out that I need to be fit. I need to look good.
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, whos the dumbest of you all?
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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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I was thrilled when a designer shop assistant said I was a size smaller than Madonna!
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My favourite designers are Alexander McQueen, YSL, Eskandar, Donna Karan and Lanvin.
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The Welsh... I mean, what are they for?
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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 do have a rule that very few meetings are worth more than ten minutes.
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