Simon Hoggart Quotes

Denis Healey refused to contribute an article to the 'Guardian' about his intentions, and was punished by the electorate - and then all Labour MPs - for his presumption in assuming they already knew everything about him. He became famously the best prime minister we never had. Perhaps.

Simon Hoggart

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BestIntentionsNeverHimEverything

'Maury' and 'Jerry Springer' get so theatrical that it's hard to believe.

Joel McHale

BelieveHardGetTheatricalJerry

My parents come from that immigrant culture that places a lot of emphasis on doing well scholastically. Being a comedian or an actor is such an American thing. The Iranian culture is not about dreaming. It's about taking over your father's business, falling into line.

Maz Jobrani

FatherBusinessCultureParentsLine

I'm not interested in making clothes that are not accessible.

Amber Valletta

ClothesNot InterestedInterested

Unlike many other startup processes, Customer Development is deep, detailed, and rigorous.

Steve Blank

DeepCustomerDevelopmentProcesses

Reading has made me more open, has improved my understanding, and has made me a better artiste, but it also makes me live in my own bubble. My mom keeps asking me, 'What do you read in that room the whole day?' Once I am into a book, I will finish it.

Sonam Kapoor

LiveDayI AmMeMomReading

If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.

Townsend Harris

BrokenWarLongOutJapanBeen

I always get super confused by the way we look at technology, because since when were all phone calls created equal? It's not like every text is the same or that all texts are human interactions that are compromised. I don't get how conduits somehow dictate sentiment.

Mary H.K. Choi

TechnologyConfusedLookPhoneWay

Nature is my springboard. From her I get my initial impetus. I have tried to relate the visible drama of mountains, trees, and bleached fields with the fantasy of wind blowing and changing colors and forms.

Milton Avery

NatureMountainsWindColorsTrees

I've been so lucky in all my jobs. I just, you know, when you hear nightmare stories of other jobs - which I'm sure are true, but I've been lucky and never experienced them.

Lucy Davis

YouKnowTrueLuckyNeverSure

There's so much attached to playing shortstop that you lose your concentration on hitting, unless you're a natural hitter. There's so much to think about in the field, you don't have time to think about what you did at the plate last time. 'How did he get me out?'

Lou Boudreau

TimeMeThinkYouLoseOut

My guilty fear is that what I'm doing, probably anyone could do. And that I just got a lot of lucky breaks.

Louis Theroux

FearDoingGuiltyLuckyGotJust

The nWo pursued me for a while. To be perfectly honest, I think WCW management purposely kept me off 'Nitro' for a while to keep the nWo from getting to me.

Diamond Dallas Page

MeManagementThinkHonestKeepOff

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