Howard Fast Quotes

I was in federal prison in West Virginia for three months for contempt of Congress for a refusing to comply with a request of a Congressional committee of Congress, the House Un-American Activities Committee.

Howard Fast

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 11, 1914 - March 12, 2003

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PrisonHouseCongressThreeWest

As with the factory, so with the office: in an assembly line, the smaller the piece of work assigned to any single individual, the less skill it requires, and the less likely the possibility that doing it well will lead to doing something more interesting and better paid.

Jill Lepore

WorkBetterInterestingDoingSkill

I played lots of bullies when I was a kid.

Jesse Plemons

KidBulliesPlayedLots

It's a rare thing to find somebody you can work with, work off of, and have fun with.

Matthew Ashford

WorkFunHave FunYouFindRare

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

Jeanne Moreau

SuccessTalentPeopleBelieveThink

I've got to say I'm a Jon Snow guy for sure.

Steve Kazee

SnowSayGuyGotSureJon

I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.

Shirley Temple

WorkDayResponsibleSeventeenHour

I'm completely hooked on polo.

Mike Rutherford

PoloHooked

The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories.

Michael Landon

GoodMemoriesNeedLeaveOne Thing

It's pretty overwhelming to know that people can call up Moviefone and find out where it's playing.

Monica Keena

PeopleFindKnowOutUpPretty

I don't conduct myself like a rock 'n' roll star in my day-to-day living. Am I a celebrity? Yes. Do people recognize me on the street? Yes, they do. But at the same time, it's not a media center out here. People get used to you.

Dee Snider

TimeMyselfPeopleMeMediaYou

It's the cross-training that's key. It doesn't let your body adapt to one stimulus too much and it keeps your workouts exciting.

Brett Hoebel

KeyBodyToo MuchAdaptYour Body

We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation.

Art Garfunkel

GreatAppreciationSongFeelHuman

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