Howard Jacobson Quotes

My mother's side taught me to be a little bit afraid of everything. For a long time, I was quiet and cautious. But shyness makes you notice other people's excruciations and feel for them. I think that made a writer of me.

Howard Jacobson

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MotherTimePeopleMeThinkYou

I love pampering myself, so going for a massage or getting a mani-pedi makes me feel instantly better. When my nails are done I feel so much better - it's the little things that make me so happy, and you literally feel polished.

Jessica Lowndes

LoveMyselfHappyMeLittle Things

I was surprised at how slow Froch was. We were able to beat him to the punch.

Andre Ward

SlowHimBeatPunchAbleSurprised

Not to sound too Dr. Phil all of a sudden, but I think the key to survival is to embrace one's past and to not run away from it. And to come to some sort of relationship with it or understanding of it.

Anderson Cooper

RelationshipPastThinkKeySurvival

I think the questions on the grit scale about not letting setbacks disappoint you, finishing what you begin, doing things with focus, I think that those are things I would aspire to or hope for for all our children.

Angela Duckworth

HopeChildrenFocusThinkQuestions

What matters most to me is doing what I was elected to do: help make life better for Oregonians and making America work for working Americans again.

Jeff Merkley

LifeWorkMeBetterDoingHelp

I was given no special information by the White House, or by anybody else, for that matter.

Jeff Gannon

InformationHouseWhiteMatterGiven

I'm a karmic girl; I believe in karma.

Alysia Reiner

GirlBelieveKarmaI BelieveKarmic

You can't say the word 'queen' without a little bit of 'drama' in front of it, right? It comes with the territory. Throwing shade and all that is part of the gig, but it should all kind of be in fun at the end of the day. When you start turning down that dark road where there's no light? Sometimes you put the car in park.

Alyssa Edwards

CarLightDayQueenFunStart

Everything that we have gone through, are going through, and will go through is there in Shakespeare. It is all of human life.

Simon Callow

LifeGoWillHumanEverythingGone

Names are what people sometimes use to excuse their thoughts and actions towards you.

Simon Travaglia

PeopleThoughtsYouSometimesNames

I would love to be remembered as one of the greatest Lears or Hamlets.

Roger Moore

LoveRememberedGreatestWould

For my 50th birthday, my cousin Helmut gave me the most profound, beautiful, and striking present. He made books out of my dad's slide photographs, which were stored and forgotten. Looking at those books made me cry.

Juergen Teller

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