Howard Jacobson Quotes

I think one of the main reasons I write is to do better than ranting. The ranting is the opinion, and the writing is not the opinion. I always say that people's opinions are the worst things about them. The words demand a dignity.

Howard Jacobson

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Fair tax does not mean we don't want to encourage wealth creation. Wealth creation is how we raise the money to pay for world class schools and hospitals, for proper care of the weak, and dignity for the elderly.

Johann Lamont

MoneyWorldCareWealthDignityTax

It must be so nice to be a white male.

Ana Navarro

WhiteNiceMustMale

My mom, who is a very strong Christian woman, will often ask me how some of the characters I play glorify God. Her meaning is that she feels as if every character should be a good Christian character, which is not necessarily my interpretation.

Sterling K. Brown

GoodGodCharacterWomanMeMom

It was difficult knowing one of your cousins had lost his life.

Steven Gerrard

LifeLostKnowingCousinsDifficult

I like emotions, but I really don't like sentimentality, and I don't like when things break their spell.

Tony Gilroy

EmotionsBreakThingsLikeSpell

I prefer to be flippant about acting, just in case I'm rubbish.

Tom Hollander

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The secular world looks to the church and to its chagrin, finds no love, no life, no laughter, no hope and no happiness.

Rod Parsley

LifeLoveHappinessHopeLaughter

The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself.

Michelle Gomez

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Before I started doing '30 Rock', I did about 25 movies. I'd always been doing stand-up every night, and then I would do, like, two to four movies a year. So I really liked doing that, and I want to get back to that, but because of the time commitment to '30 Rock', there's not much time to do that stuff.

Judah Friedlander

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Having glue stuck to your face in winter is not fun. It freezes as it hits the skin.

Jay Ryan

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My golf score is really bad. I don't know. I'm definitely not a good golfer. Off the tee box, I can drive it about 275, and I'm in the fairway about 99% of the time. It's my next shot that needs work.

Jason Aldean

WorkGoodTimeDriveGolfBad

There's an old saw about journalism that the more you know about a subject, the less sense reporting about it makes.

Jonathan Galassi

YouJournalismKnowMoreOldSaw

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