Howard Jacobson Quotes

I had worked on the markets with my father before going to university, so I possessed an apparent street-smartness, had access to a colourful costermonger vocabulary, and tried passing myself off as a bit of spiv. But my contemporaries saw through me. At heart, they knew I was as bookish and oversensitive as they were.

Howard Jacobson

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The empathy I found reading 'Heidi' and 'Little Women' is empathy we have as human beings that can feed all of our souls. We have our differences, but we're all so similar in our humanness. So those stories about young girls overcoming meant a lot to me and gave me hope.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

WomenHopeEmpathyMeReadingYoung

In all our businesses, we are out to build local capability in four basic aspects - product line, manufacturing and supply chain, the service team, and the financing and investment capability.

John L. Flannery

ServiceTeamInvestmentBuildLine

I'm not going to let anyone tell me that I can't perform, that I'm not artistic.

Max Aaron

MeTellGoingArtisticAnyone

In today's world, it never looks good when you're suing somebody who earned $20,000 for writing a book over a period of a year or two.

Robert Gottlieb

GoodTodayWritingWorldBookYear

We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

LifeManSpeakBornHumanExistence

As you get older, you do just get tired.

Robyn Davidson

TiredYouGetJustOlder

Victory puts us on a level with heaven.

Lucretius

VictoryHeavenLevelUsPuts

Sure, I'm hyperactive. I make my staff a bit hyper, too, but motivating someone else is what gives me a buzz.

Anouska Hempel

MeSomeoneSureMakeBuzzHyper

I think the media can be a very positive influence by essentially holding people to task about the importance of high quality medical care. And when the media is scrutinizing you, then I think that's a very good, positive thing for the field of medicine.

Anthony Fauci

PositiveGoodQualityMedicalPeople

The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.

Pixie Lott

QualityPeopleMeWorldThinkSexy

It's funny, because I was trained as a dramatic actor at New York's Colonnades Theater Lab in the '70s, along with Jeff Goldblum, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman. People I worked with there saw a comedian in me. I'm still most at home in comedy.

Peter Scolari

FunnyHomePeopleMeComedyNew

I don't know about friends, but what time I spent with The Beatles they were very courteous to me.

Peter Tork

TimeMeFriendsKnowBeatlesVery

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