Daniel Finkelstein Quotes
Iain Dowie famously coined the phrase 'bouncebackability' to describe Crystal Palace's ability to come from behind. But this is a typical manager's idea, so optimistic. What fans are interested in is 'throwawayability': which teams toss away hard-earned leads? Now we know that 'throwawayability' exists because we proved last season that 'bouncebackability' exists (although, hilariously, Palace don't have it) and 'throw-awayability' is the flip side of it.
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I was vegetarian for a long time, and in the last four years I started eating chicken and fish. I feel like it really built up my strength a lot.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.
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It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment.
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I'm a sensualist. My two main indulgences are dark chocolate and massages.
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People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.
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Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret.
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The combination of lentils with rice or bulgur is the absolute height of Levantine comfort food. I could eat it every day.
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I am mean; I'm nasty at times. I don't feel like talking to people at times. When I am in a bad mood and have had a really awful day, don't come in my face because I am not tolerant and I am not a goddess; I can't handle it after a point. I am going to get up, and I am going to scream, and I am going to say bad things to you.
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I grew up very Catholic. I wanted to be a priest.
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I've done 70 different characters on my podcast. But in terms of characters that I revisit a lot, I think there are 10 that I know more in-depth.
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My church has an historical emphasis on peace, but we can't enjoy peace without honoring the blood our soldiers shed for it.
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Movable type seemed magical to the monks who were illuminating manuscripts and copying texts. Certainly e-books seem magical to me.
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I really do not have a favorite amongst Trump surrogates. They all look the same to me. They really all sound eerily alike.
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However, I believe that it would be difficult to have legitimate scientists agree to participate.
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Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player. But that dream came to a rude awakening when I got cut from my high school baseball team.
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In the 21st century, government efforts should focus on 'multiculturalism', including the diversity of languages.
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All black women aren't sassy, loud, difficult, or subservient. We are, in fact, very complex and very diverse, living very complex and diverse lives. That point cannot be made enough.
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I'm not particularly fond of Shoah jokes, yet there is one I cannot forget: Why was Auschwitz an optimistic place? Because all the pessimists were already in New York by then.
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The after-school program at my middle school didn’t have enough girls for a team and they wouldn’t allow me to play on the boys’ team, So I had to find a bunch of girls who were willing to play. Which I did.
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Guys get... benched, replaced. They get injured; another guy comes in and becomes the starter. That happens all the time.
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I think that the ordinary bloke has an instinctive sense that it wouldn't be too bad if the weather warmed up.
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Iain Dowie famously coined the phrase 'bouncebackability' to describe Crystal Palace's ability to come from behind. But this is a typical manager's idea, so optimistic. What fans are interested in is 'throwawayability': which teams toss away hard-earned leads? Now we know that 'throwawayability' exists because we proved last season that 'bouncebackability' exists (although, hilariously, Palace don't have it) and 'throw-awayability' is the flip side of it.
