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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.


Ian Hislop

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ALEXANDRA CASSAVETES There's nothing wrong with crooks having lawyers. Everyone is entitled to a lawyer.
SYDNEY POLLACK There is not one single piece of evidence to bear out that libel as far as (Fhimah) is concerned in ...
RICHARD KEEN The greater the truth the greater the libel.
LORD ELLENBOROUGH The greater the truth the greater the libel.
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IAN MACKAYE I just have work to do; I just do it.
IAN MACKAYE The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out....
IAN MACKAYE To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
IAN MACKAYE Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something...
IAN MACKAYE An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means yo...
IAN MACKAYE What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That ...
IAN JACKSON I think PSP is going to be the most successful handheld entertainment device ever. What it will do i...
IAN JACKSON I think it's going to deliver on the promises we've said it's going to and it is going t...
IAN JACKSON If we deliver on those promises, we'll have done our job, and we did it with PSOne, and we certa...
IAN JACKSON I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general ...
IAN JACKSON