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Howard Jacobson Quotes

I normally take a long time finding titles. I finish the book and go into sweats for months afterwards trying to think of them.

Howard Jacobson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: british
Birth: August 25, 1942

Topics

Time Book Think Finding Trying Long

When I was a kid, I had a couple of really good friends, like some really good best friends, but I was really shy other than that.

Good Best Friends Good Friends Shy

Very often in Chekhov, where he exhibits a little bit of human behavior that you recognize as true, you give a little laugh. It's like a reflex.

Behavior Laugh You True Human Give

No one's of Pakistani origin in any British show. That's why every actor of color is here working in the States. It's true.

Color True Why Actor British Here

It's profound to watch a little African-American girl light up when she raps as George Washington and she realizes that Washington's story is her story. That this history belongs to all of us.

Girl History Light Story Washington

I create, dress, and act however I feel in a single moment.

Moment Dress Feel Create Single Act

I've always liked using humor, but what I had to with 'Chewing Gum' was take out a lot of darkness so it would be a bit more feel-good.

Humor Darkness More Always Gum Out

I give Bill Gates an A for vision because, as a business person and a strategist, he's brilliant. His flaw is that his view is not informed by a humanistic or compassionate vision of how to make computers work for people.

Work Business Vision People View

I don't look to celebrities for style anymore because I've learned the chain of command. They are being dressed by a stylist who's getting inspiration from a 16-year-old kid running the streets of Melbourne, Australia. Once I learned that chain of command, I just started taking it to the streets.

Style Look Dressed Australia Kid

Today we're faced with over 500 casualties, a cost of over $200 billion. And it could rise - the casualties could go into thousands and the cost could go over half a trillion - if we stay there for years.

Dennis Kucinich

Today Rise Go Over Years Cost

I don't have an issue with marrying an actor, though it's definitely tough. I work with actors and interact with star wives, and I don't know how they do it. Loyalty is a very important factor for me, and I need to be in a relationship where the person will complete me and fill me up.

Deepika Padukone

Work Relationship Loyalty Me Tough

I have a boyfriend and a dog, and I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up.

Chelsea Clinton

Dog Grow Want Grow Up Out Up

I've always sort of thought that politics was a high and noble calling and a good thing to do.

Good Politics Thought High Noble

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