Howard Jacobson Quotes

Even the wordiest of men know there's a time to button it.

Howard Jacobson

Recitation: by Male by Female

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TimeMenKnowEvenButton

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I had written for several years, starting at about 15, but that day on the roof I took my vows and acknowledged my calling.

Jim Harrison

DayLookingHouseRoofStartingOut

I think dieting is bad for you.

Joan Collins

ThinkYouBadI ThinkDieting

The problem with being an employee or self-employed is you pay the highest taxes.

Robert Kiyosaki

ProblemYouEmployeeTaxesPay

People who think it doesn't matter who owns our auto industry are flat wrong.

Robert Lutz

PeopleThinkWrongMatterIndustry

To protect our country's economic future and the health and well being of all Americans, we must find a way to rein in out-of-control costs, provide quality, affordable health care choices to all, and make outrageous insurance industry abuses a thing of the past.

Michael Bennet

FutureHealthQualityPastChoices

Well, I have no time for therapy.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

TimeTherapyNo TimeWell

I always wanted to be a mommy.

Stephanie Seymour

AlwaysWantedMommy

But the newest research is showing that many properties of the brain are genetically organized, and don't depend on information coming in from the senses.

Steven Pinker

ResearchBrainInformationDepend

At the root of any societal issue is human truth, especially those truths we find hard to confront.

Steve Stoute

TruthFindHumanHardRootThose

I can't give up my own identity.

Shirley MacLaine

IdentityMy OwnUpOwnGive

Even though we were all celebrities to a certain extent, we all looked at each other as family.

Michael W. Smith

FamilyEvenThoughOtherCertain

It takes a year for us to generate a script that is ready to shoot. There are maybe 20 drafts of a script. And, each time, someone saying 'I don't really love this,' we discuss it for 15 minutes.

Jay Chandrasekhar

LoveTimeSayingSomeoneYearReady

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