“Let's be perfectly clear, shall we. The fox is not a little orange puppy dog with doe eyes and a waggly tail. It's a disease-ridden wolf with the morals of a psychopath and the teeth of a great white shark.”

A Murderous Fox Has Made Me Shoot David Beckham, p. 161
The World According to Clarkson (2005)

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English broadcaster, journalist and writer 1960

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