Howard Jacobson Quotes

I've always felt that desire. To get a woman to throw back her head in laughter is a hot thing.

Howard Jacobson

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WomanLaughterBackDesireHotHead

It's really fun to see young kids trying to find excellence in themselves.

Jewel

ExcellenceFunTryingFindYoung

My mother married my father in 1956. She was twenty-eight, and he was thirty-one. She loved him with a fierce steadiness borne of loyalty, determination, and an unyielding dignity.

Jill Lepore

FatherMotherDeterminationLoyalty

I know what it's like to be from an incredibly small town and the oppressiveness of it and the desire to get out. But I didn't realize that readers in Seattle, New York, and San Francisco might not get that so instinctively.

John Corey Whaley

New YorkSmallSmall TownNewKnow

If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common.

Maynard James Keenan

ChangeStoryYouDifferent Cultures

I'm a Jewish son of Russian-Hungarian heritage parents. Humor was very important. My whole goal was to make my parents laugh. And my whole strategy as a young man was, if I could make them laugh, I could have enough time to figure out what to do next.

Jeffrey Tambor

SonTimeHumorManParentsStrategy

If the Olympic Games ever served a true altruistic purpose, they have long since outlived it. Yeah, the pursuit of athletic excellence, sportsmanship and international goodwill is plenty noble. But the modern Olympics are at best a vehicle for agitprop; at worst, a scandal magnet.

John Ridley

BestExcellencePurposeLongTrue

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.

Solomon Schechter

ManCivilizationMeanVicePretend

Obviously I've got a great team of people within the company. You can't operate all by yourself. We have a good board of directors and a big bench, and they can make decisions if I'm not around.

Roger Penske

GoodGreatYourselfPeopleTeamYou

On 'Sweet Genius,' you have to be tough with the chefs, but my goal was to guide them and choose the genius who will win $10,000 - not a bad sum at all for one day's work.

Ron Ben-Israel

WorkDaySweetWinToughGenius

America is about to turn the page on Barack Obama's four-year experiment in big government.

Mitch McConnell

GovernmentAmericaPageTurnBig

I'm really interested in real people in extraordinary situations. The detail and reality to that.

Doug Liman

PeopleDetailRealityRealReally

When I first started writing, I wrote really sad, emotional songs which were all slow.

Anne-Marie

SadWritingSlowFirstEmotional

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