Howard Jacobson Quotes

'J' is a novel. A story about what it is like for people after a terrible event. And it is a love story, because I feel a novel is inevitably a love story.

Howard Jacobson

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LovePeopleStoryFeelLove Story

My left eye went when I was young. I was working the speed bag, and some steel went in the eye and scratched it to pieces. I was kinda blind in that eye.

Joe Frazier

EyeBlindBagSpeedYoungSteel

Development does not take place in Washington, DC. Development takes place in the rest of the world.

Andrew Natsios

WorldRestPlaceWashingtonTakeDC

Being a gay American, I know what it means to look at the flag and not have it protect all of your liberties.

Megan Rapinoe

AmericanLookGayKnowFlagProtect

One of the distinguishing features of anything that aspires to the name of science is the reproducibility of experimental results.

Matthew Stewart

ScienceNameResultsAnything

A farce, or slapstick humor, does well universally.

John Ratzenberger

HumorWellUniversallyDoesFarce

I get offered loads of unusual stuff. I just don't do loads because I like staying at home a lot, and I'm a little bit lazy. I don't get that thing of going from film to film that people do. It would drive me nuts, and that level of fame is quite scary.

Sophie Okonedo

HomePeopleMeDriveFameLazy

We're really quite nice and friendly, but everyone has a beastly side to them, don't they?

Sid Vicious

NiceEveryoneSideFriendlyQuite

Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would have been a madman tying you up and taking your eyes out.

Robbie Coltrane

EyesPeopleSpeakThoughtYouKnow

I punch left-handed.

Mike Weir

PunchLeft-Handed

When my daughter played volleyball in school, they were the Wildcats. Well, there are about a million Wildcats. Why don't you come up with another name?

Christopher Guest

DaughterSchoolNameYouWhyUp

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides.

Chuck Mangione

PlayRockThingsMayContemporary

I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.

Anson Mount

CharacterSympathyCarePlaying

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