Howard Jacobson Quotes

I should have conceived the idea for 'The Mighty Walzer' earlier. A boy who dreamed of winning fame, fortune, and the adoration of beautiful women as a table-tennis player - shame on me for taking so long to see the mock-heroic possibilities in that.

Howard Jacobson

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Clarinet is an incredible instrument. It's a great, expressive instrument.

Anat Cohen

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The artist writes, paints, sings or dances the burden of some idea or feeling off his mind.

Max Nordau

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I don't actually go to a lot of games because I think football on TV is better. Even though I'm pretty busy, I watch 90 percent of Ohio State's games.

John Legend

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Publishing can be tough. It has the ability to kill dreams.

Michael A. Stackpole

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America is made of different races and different religions, but we're all co-travelers on the spaceship Earth and must respect and help each other along the way.

Stan Lee

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My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way.

Robert Carlyle

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I think the hardest thing about being an actor is between jobs when you don't know and wondering if you'll ever work again. It's kind of a crazy business.

Michael Vartan

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As a kid, I saw a lot of scary movies, but they were mixed with comedy, like 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.'

Michael Rooker

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Shift work, where the body clock is continuously changed, is really deleterious on many levels - from psychology to physiology.

Michael Rosbash

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I felt like, 'How do I fit in?' But then I never fit in. The whole time, I've never fit in.

Missy Elliott

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Before the 'Fast & Furious' promo in Manila, I went on a vacation in the Philippines 10 years earlier. I loved it. My 'Miss Saigon' friends showed me around.

Luke Evans

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Gratitude is a mark of a noble soul and a refined character. We like to be around those who are grateful.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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