Howard Jacobson Quotes

It is against the spirit of our non-discriminating times to openly prefer one sort of music to another, so let's just say that hearing grand orchestral music in a public place is exhilarating in a way that hearing popular music never can be, if only because, in a popular music age, a full orchestra is less familiar to our ears.

Howard Jacobson

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What's the point of doing a brilliant Hedda Gabler in my back garden if no one will ever see it?

Jennifer Ehle

DoingBackGardenWillBrilliant

I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people.

John Hume

LeaderPeopleThoughtNeverBeing

I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I've taken every comparative-religion course that was available. God? I have no idea.

Michael Eisner

GodSchoolI AmCollegeHigh School

Of the authors published under Ballantine's Adult Fantasy logo, only Evangeline Walton 'spoke' to me.

Stephen R. Donaldson

MeFantasyAdultOnlyPublished

Today a record producer is even more involved and is often the production's sole musician, one person playing all the instruments one-by-one.

Tony Visconti

TodayPersonMoreProductionPlaying

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

Townsend Harris

BrokenWarLongOutJapanBeen

That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win.

Rufus Wainwright

LoveLove IsWinPowerfulWillVery

I don't know what the point of life is, but I'm certain that five gold medals is not it.

Mikaela Shiffrin

LifeGoldKnowMedalsPointFive

The real stars are not good actors or actresses. They're personalities.

Jayne Mansfield

GoodStarsRealPersonalities

When I climb into my car, I enter my destination into a GPS device, whose spatial memory supplants my own. I have photographs to store the images I want to remember, books to store knowledge and now, thanks to Google, I rarely have to remember anything more than the right set of search terms to access humankind's collective memory.

Joshua Foer

CarKnowledgeMemoryDestination

I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.

Christopher Eccleston

MeCarePoliticalYouCountryActor

If the Devil can only make you think that you are abused or ill treated, and you begin to fret about it, and you give the Devil power over you - in the end, it is as bad as though you had done wrong yourself.

Brigham Young

PowerYourselfThinkEndDevilYou

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