Howard Jacobson Quotes

For me a Writing Day was an occasion for self-reproach and panic, a time to lament the passing of the years, stare out of windows and remember that even those famous late starters Joseph Conrad and George Eliot had started by the age I was now.

Howard Jacobson

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Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Jesse Owens

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Like a lot of films at the end of 2008, they hit a wall with financing, which is why I moved back onto 'Stone.' In doing so, I had to let go of 'The Beautiful and the Damned,' to at least give them an opportunity to move forward with somebody else.

John Curran

OpportunityBeautifulForwardEndGo

When I am composing, I try to clear my mind of having to publish, or having to sell a book or find readers. That kind of thinking gets in the way.

Maxine Hong Kingston

I AmMindBookThinkingFindKind

What's wrong with wanting the best for everybody?

Maxine Peake

BestWrongWantingEverybody

If I'm going to try and find something, I stick to the flea markets, or I pull hand-me-downs from my family because I like pieces to have stories.

Troian Bellisario

FamilyFindTryPiecesStickGoing

Maybe there are too many restaurants. Maybe some of mine need to close. So be it. I'll live with the market place.

Tom Douglas

LivePlaceNeedMineCloseMarket

I didn't come from a very rigid background, where there's a clan or a tribe or a religion.

Ry Cooder

ReligionTribeWhereBackgroundCome

I should have got thin, but I eat too much. I hate the word 'moderation.'

Miriam Margolyes

HateToo MuchEatModerationGot

Audiences are the same all over the world, and if you entertain them, they'll respond.

Liza Minnelli

WorldYouSameOverRespondThem

I've got eighteen-year-old twins that need to go to college, so there's still a financial issue, but I could retire tomorrow and just count ducks by the side of the lake, and that would be just fine by me. I'm not a high-energy guy.

Jonathan Banks

TomorrowCollegeMeFinancialLake

When my voice breaks, it recovers automatically. I don't do anything special to maintain my voice. I have a natural voice and don't have to take care of it.

Arijit Singh

VoiceCareTake CareSpecialTake

I can honestly say that I am open to love in any way. I guess that makes me bisexual.

Shane Dawson

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