Tag: surprising

  • Richard Biddulph: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Richard Biddulph: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with car dealer and Rolls-Royce specialist Richard Biddulph

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    Service, service, service and more service.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    “Life is not a dress rehearsal” is one choice and my second is: “You never heard a man on his deathbed saying: ‘Gee, I wish I had spent more time at the office’”.

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  • Pom Harrington: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Pom Harrington: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with Pom Harrington of leading rare book dealers Peter Harrington

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    Integrity.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    Do judge a book by its cover.

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  • Amir Zada: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Amir Zada: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with financier Amir Zada

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    Health, hard work, love and laughter.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    “Revenge is a waste of time, as is gloating”.

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  • Graham Seed: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Graham Seed: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with Graham Seed, best known for having played Nigel Pargetter in BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Archers’

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    My wife, of course.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    “Success and failure are irrelevant. Do what makes you happy and do it a little better everyday… And don’t forget to breathe”.

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  • Natasha Devon: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Natasha Devon: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with writer, television personality and co-founder of Body Gossip Natasha Devon

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    I’m driven by a desire to make everything fair (and to silence the people who would have us believe that injustice can be explained by that irritating platitude – “life’s not fair”).

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    I nicked one from Oscar Wilde: “Be yourself, everyone else is taken”.

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  • William Seth-Smith: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    William Seth-Smith: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with Xero Vodka founder William Seth-Smith

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    I try never to turn down adventure for the sake of easy apathy.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    Those that mind don’t matter and those than matter don’t mind.

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  • Henry Pryor: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Henry Pryor: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with property market expert Henry Pryor

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    “Cheering the underdog”.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    “There are only two types of ‘expert’ when it comes to predicting house prices – those who don’t know and those who don’t know they don’t know”.

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  • Tatiana von Saxe Wilson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Tatiana von Saxe Wilson: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with founder of The People’s Book Prize Tatiana von Saxe Wilson

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    Pursuit and success.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    “Make the best better”.

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  • Alan Mendoza: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Alan Mendoza: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with executive director of The Henry Jackson Society Dr. Alan Mendoza

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    Stretching the boundaries of the possible.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    “Incompetent until proven competent”.

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  • Helen Lederer: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    Helen Lederer: “What’s on your mantelpiece?”

    20 questions with actress, comedian and writer Helen Lederer, best known for her role as Catriona in ‘Absolutely Fabulous’

     

    The Steeple Times shares “wit and wisdom”. What’s your guiding force?

    My latest aim for a user-friendly existence is to be kind and forgiving and never tweet when drunk.

     

    “Don’t get even, get medieval” is, in our humble opinion, a great motto. What’s yours?

    “It’s not the winning, it’s the taking someone apart that counts”.

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