Jani Allan quotes

Jani Allan was a South African journalist, columnist, and broadcaster, widely recognized for her influence in South African media during the 1980s. Her columns in the Sunday Times made her one of the country's most read and talked-about writers. She became a controversial public figure due to her high-profile interviews and tumultuous personal life. Here are 24 of her quotes:

Dressing with style is akin to issuing a manifesto; dressing fashionably is like signing a petition. (Jani Allan)
His voice, like a malted milkshake marinated for more than seventy years, has a slightly monotonous lilt - rather like a Hindu chanting Bagavad Gita. View quote
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She is not destructive - but she does have a particular facility for puncturing pomposity. View quote
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The only girl who ever knocked me out. View quote
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to miik the citizens to the extent that they start mooing, is contrary to improving living standards. View quote
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The happy-go-lucky barefoot kid who loved rugby, ice-cream-and-hot-chocolate sauce, staying at home for a braai and the flieks grew up into an international rubgy player, idol of millions and South African cult figure... View quote
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The original of the yellow rose is clad (you've guessed it) in canary yellow. The lemon-meringue confection has been poured into yellow slacks and yellow shirt, an immaculate yellow-blonde barbie-doll with 'EFG- Follies-Girl' written all over her. View quote
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Whatever award is given for libel, being cross-examined by you would not make it enough money. View quote
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A black-belt bullshitter. View quote
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the little roly-poly Russian-born rebel of the canvas. View quote
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I disapproved of the number of men she had traipsing into her bedroom and suggested she should have a turnstile on her bedroom door. (Jani Allan)
Most of the time our discussions are political, because it's hard not to be political in this country (not like in Britain, where you can ignore the rather sedate way everything's going downhill). View quote
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I'm impaled on the blue flames of his blowtorch eyes, you see. View quote
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That night I made copies of all the documents with shaking hands and gave them to a friend with contacts in the British secret services. I had a bitter taste in my mouth. View quote
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It is her total professionalism and perennial striving for perfection that elevated Moira from the merely blonde to the maxi-talented. View quote
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A pervasive moral turpitude underlies South African society. View quote
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And I think that my whole life, looking back at it, I was so rooted in worldly things, in worldly values, fame, fashion and fortune and all the things that are just transient. View quote
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The facts of the matter are (that) I did not do any of the things of which I was accused by paid witnesses. But having said that, I'm not sitting here today pleading for the world to believe me because I've come to God. He knows what's in my heart; he knows the truth of the matter. And the witnesses who lied do as well. View quote
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a small bewigged ferret. View quote
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As remote as the rings of Saturn... A man with his stubby million-rand finger perennially prodding the public's pulse, his eyes constantly roving the horizons of the future, Kerzner has the power of a Prometheus unbound. View quote
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The voice (sometimes an ominous rumble that sounds as though he's been gargling with pebbles, sometimes the bliss of Bailey's Irish Cream swirling lazily about a fine crystal goblet) crescendos almost imperceptibly. (Jani Allan)
You'd have to be dead not to be impressed by his sincerity. But then didn't Oscar Wilde say say "The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity". View quote
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But despite the fact that everyone thinks that I'm an IFP member, I do not have any political affiliations. I support Buthelezi the man because he makes me believe that heroes still exist. View quote
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Your piece on me acted like a bicycle pump and I mooned around for ages, smiling foolishly and cannoning off the wallls. View quote
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Jani Allan

Jani Allan - Image
Photo: Teatreez (talk), CC BY 3.0
Occupation: African Columnist
Born: September 11, 1952
Died: July 25, 2023
Quotes count: 24
Wikipedia: Jani Allan

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