Howard Jacobson Quotes

If we declare ourselves, as readers, to be on the side of life, the question has to be asked what sort of life we are on the side of.

Howard Jacobson

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LifeQuestionSideOurselvesReaders

I think that the public is in and the public is in big, and the public is not, I don't think going to pull out because the public knows what I said about 1987.

Jim Cramer

ThinkSaidOutBigGoingBecause

People assume that death hanging over my head would allow me to put things into perspective, but that's not how it works.

John Diamond

PerspectiveDeathPeopleMeHead

You've got to sell fights; you've got to be entertaining.

Michael Bisping

YouGotEntertainingSellFights

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates

LifeWorthLivingWorth Living

My job is to help the team, and so I love retrieving the ball as much as scoring or playing the final pass for a goal.

Roberto Firmino

LoveJobTeamHelpGoalFinal

I really like getting inside the heads of female characters. I think I can do that well, and I enjoy it.

Michael Lehmann

ThinkEnjoyI CanInsideWellLike

I have been hit from all sides, and I'm only human. They have ended up talking about the way I look, and it hurts. I have a family, and they suffer, too. It has gone over the limit, and I am tired of it. I have a wife and child, too, and I am not prepared to go on putting up with it English journalists.

Luis Suarez

FamilyWifeI AmTiredChildLook

The ballot is stronger than bullets.

Joseph A. Schumpeter

StrongerBulletsThanBallot

I'm a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.

Drew Barrymore

MomRealEverythingHands-OnReally

Whatever is original in my writing comes from my musical apprenticeship. I look for rhythm in words. I imagine words as if they were musical chords. Often I'll write something, read it, and find it musically unsatisfactory. There is a musical imperative in my choice of words.

Chico Buarque

WordsWritingLookFindChoice

I guess my interest in performance has evolved and changed many times over the years.

Allison Tolman

PerformanceOverYearsInterestMany

Processionalism is primary - how you get from one place to another, the relationships and effects of spaces as you move about in them. That's worked out awfully well in the State Theater. I'm a 'straight-in' man myself; I'm too nervous, I like to know where I am. I also like to know where I'm going.

Philip Johnson

MyselfManI AmYouPlaceKnow

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