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Howard Jacobson Quotes

The painter Sidney Nolan once told me I tried too hard. Advice I've been trying hard to follow ever since.

Howard Jacobson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: british
Birth: August 25, 1942

Topics

Me Advice Trying Follow Hard Been

Dreams do come true. If anyone's proof of that, it's me.

Jennifer Hudson

Dreams Me True Proof Come Anyone

My first son didn't really take a bottle, and I didn't like giving bottles.

Son Giving First Take Bottle Like

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak, whatever that means, or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

Michael Fassbender

Failure Looking Pressure Feel You

We promote domestic savings by also things like the personal accounts associated with the president's Social Security initiative, which over time would generate more savings.

Time Security Initiative Personal

I'm in a comic book now. That was cool. That's something that I'm still sorta reeling about, 'cause I read comics as a kid. Someone drew me, and actually did a pretty good job!

Good Job Me Cool Book Someone

Picasso's sculpture has incredible strength combined with a lack of pomposity.

Roy Lichtenstein

Strength Sculpture Incredible Lack

Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling, technology is stressful, and the economy is unfortunate. What's one thing that we have in our lives that we can depend on? A dog or a cat loving us unconditionally, every day, very faithfully.

Dog Live Technology Culture Day

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are.

Douglas Coupland

World Believe You Bad Ability Deeds

We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world - but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.

Friendship World Understanding Will

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

Communication Theatre About

Even a cup of coffee tastes so much sweeter because you've come once again out of the, literally, out of the edge of death, and that's the condition I suppose that a lot of artists and writers would like to be in.

Christopher Koch

Coffee Death You Edge Out Artists

Fleetwood Mac always take a long time to make a record - you know what.

Christine McVie

Time Long You Know Long Time Always

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