Howard Jacobson Quotes

You fall in love differently when you are young and far from home in a seductive place. You fall in love with the very air you breathe, and the vivid colours and the unbearably sweet sensation of distance and unaccustomedness.

Howard Jacobson

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LoveHomeSweetYouFallPlace

My grandmother had a great saying. It always stuck with me: 'People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.' They've got to see it and feel it. And it's for real. And that's all. Be who you are.

Joe Manchin

GreatPeopleMeSayingCareYou

Being in the latter stages of life means the morning is unkind to the reflection. It takes a few hours for the creases to fall out. By about 4 P.M., I look quite nice.

Jeremy Hardy

LifeMorningReflectionFallLook

I'm a huge sci-fi geek, and I also really get into all of the alien shows on the History Channel where you see air force pilots talking about UFOs - I love that stuff.

Matt Lanter

LoveHistoryTalkingYouAlienSee

I am the kind of person who hates the gym. I am allergic to the gym. I want to run away from it.

Sonakshi Sinha

I AmGymPersonWantKindRun

When you're starting out, you basically have all these assumptions about what it means to be an artist or how to be a rock star. It took me years, through trial and error, to figure out what does work for me. So much of it is counter to the myth of the rock-star life.

Rivers Cuomo

LifeWorkMeRock StarYouArtist

Interestingly, I matured as a musician and as an artist before I matured as a man. What I mean by that is, I was ready to be completely vulnerable and honest with myself and unapologetic when it comes to how I express myself in my medium. But I wasn't as secure in doing that when it came to just being myself.

Miguel

MyselfManBeing MyselfDoingArtist

I don't feel the need to have to break out of anything or prove that I'm 'edgy.' Been there, done that mentality. I'm just ready to tackle on new projects that are challenging and help me continue to grow as an artist.

Chrissie Fit

MeGrowFeelHelpArtistReady

You got to have an emotional connect with the audience who watch you.

Arjun Kapoor

YouAudienceEmotionalConnectWatch

If we want children to learn to tend the land and nourish themselves and have conversations at the table, we need to communicate with them in ways that are positive.

Alice Waters

PositiveChildrenLearnTableLand

I used to go to a lot of Pam Hogg shows. The thing about London Fashion Week is that, generally, we're on tour and traveling around, so it's very rare that I actually catch it. I like to go to Burberry because I know a few girls who work there. I kind of follow friends.

Alison Mosshart

WorkFashionFriendsWeekKnowKind

There is a bedrock decency to people in the Midwest. They are thoughtful and ready to help you if something needs to be done.

Shelley Fabares

PeopleHelpYouThoughtfulReady

Don't get trapped by looking at what the price was that you paid for some stock originally.

Richard Thaler

LookingYouPriceTrappedPaidGet

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