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I never experienced any feelings of closeness and caring from my parents.

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Caring, Never, Any, Closeness

I don't make enemies, it's just I'm not afraid to speak my mind, which can sometimes mean people don't like what I am saying.

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Mind, Like, Which, Mean People

I don't like this young crudeness now which is supposed to be comedy on Friday nights.

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Young, Like, Which, Friday

My mother was a housewife. My father was a garment worker.

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Mother, Father, Garment, Housewife

My main regret about my years in football was keeping my mouth shut like a little mouse, not daring to speak out because I was told you left the managers to get on with the job and that the chairman must never interfere with the manager's decisions or the performance of his team.

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Regret, Shut, About, Interfere

You can't stop people printing what they want to print.

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Want, Stop, Print, Printing

In America, everybody thinks they're an entrepreneur. That's the problem. It's not a title that anybody should call oneself.

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Title, Everybody, Anybody, Entrepreneur

Why work when you can fill out a few forms and get paid for doing nothing?

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Work, Doing, Get, Forms

I came from a socially deprived background when I was 15, 16 years old, but one thing I knew was one - you don't abuse a policeman, and two - you don't steal things.

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Abuse, Steal, Socially, Deprived

I believe employment regulations for women, whereby the prospective employer is not able to inquire about the interviewee's status regarding children, childcare, or indeed their intention of becoming a parent, are counterproductive.

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Parent, Becoming, Inquire, Childcare

When I was a kid, a policeman was someone you looked up to and respected.

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Kid, Someone, Looked, Policeman

Well, it's not hard to be number one entertaining Jew. Some of them are quite bleeding bloody miserable, really.

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Some, Bleeding, Entertaining, Bloody

It will take a brave person to cull the benefits system and analyse who deserves and who doesn't.

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Benefits, System, Take, Analyse

There is a lot of luck in football. Following England is like following Wycombe Wanders or Leyton Orient. You hope for the best and hope you are lucky.

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Luck, Lucky, England, Orient

You've got to admire Sir Richard Branson. He is a completely different style of businessman to me, but you have got to admire what he has achieved.

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Admire, Got, Richard, Sir

I don't like paying 50 per cent of tax.

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Like, Paying, Cent, Per

The only people whose opinions I worry about are my wife, my children, and my employees.

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Children, Wife, Worry, Employees

The entrepreneurial instinct is in you. You can't learn it, you can't buy it, you can't put it in a bottle. It's just there and it comes out.

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Learn, Instinct, Buy, Entrepreneurial

I have always been an honest trader. I come from a school of traders where there was honour in the deal. No contracts, just a handshake and that's it, done. That's the way I prefer to do business but it's not always possible these days, sadly.

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Deal, Been, Handshake, Trader

I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.

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I Am, Going, Forced, Compromise

I am tired of hustling.

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I Am, Tired, Am, Hustling

There's too much of a culture that exists out there, what I call an expectancy culture, of things being provided.

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Too Much, Being, Provided, Exists

It is torment to be segregated out because of some bit of clothing that you're wearing.

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Some, Wearing, Torment, Clothing

Look, I'm a member of the House of Lords and I'm the first to admit that I don't understand how one gets new laws through.

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New, Through, Laws, Lords

I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.

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Money, Come, Made, Millions

If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of 'Roll Out The Barrel,' but will I ever be a concert pianist? No.

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Year, Knock, Barrel, Piano

I'm not that hands-on as a grandfather.

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Hands-On, Grandfather

Nobody can honestly say that they never lie.

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Lie, Never, Honestly, Nobody

Among some of the youngsters, I think reality TV has installed that culture into them and inspired a few of them into wanting to be 'TV celebrities.'

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Think, Some, TV, Youngsters

Youngsters have got to stop thinking about becoming the next Zuckerberg. It's a trillion-to-one chance. What they need is mater and pater to say, 'Get a job, son.'

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Chance, Next, Becoming, Youngsters

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