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I was every Londoner's stereo...

I was every Londoner's stereotypical idea of a brash, vulgar American. When I got here, it turned out that London was the Wild West, and New York was like London at the height of the Victorian era, in which everyone was far more obsessed with table manners and status-climbing than they are in London. In London, everyone was just crawling over this blizzard of cocaine. Here, if you have more than a glass of wine with your meal, people refer you to Alcoholics Anonymous.

Toby Young 26 quotes

Oddly, I do have a problem wit...

Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms of someone who has a troubled relationship with their father. And yet, I never had a problem with my father.

Toby Young 26 quotes

In Britain, by contrast, we st...

In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America.

Toby Young 26 quotes

America thinks of itself as a ...

America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.

Toby Young 26 quotes

I've become a professional fai...

I've become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I have to remain unemployed. Luckily, a disaster always seems to befall me at exactly the right moment.

Toby Young 26 quotes

The moment I'm perceived to be...

The moment I'm perceived to be even a tiny bit successful, my career will go down the pan.

Toby Young 26 quotes

There's no reason why you can'...

There's no reason why you can't deliver a grammar-school curriculum to an all-ability intake.

Toby Young 26 quotes

Top Chef is a very smooth-runn...

Top Chef is a very smooth-running machine. All the people working there are incredibly professional and absolutely at the top of their game.

Toby Young 26 quotes

People in London think of Lond...

People in London think of London as the center of the world, whereas New Yorkers think the world ends three miles outside of Manhattan.

Toby Young 26 quotes

I expect that in 40 years' tim...

I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam.

Toby Young 26 quotes

I wouldn't describe myself as ...

I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.

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I really like the Observer. I ...

I really like the Observer. I think I'd love to have a column with a broad reach that would enable me to do some proper reporting, but keep it on sort of a humorous level. I've always had a very happy experience writing for them.

Toby Young 26 quotes

In Britain, by contrast, we st...

In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America.

Toby Young 26 quotes

I've become a professional fai...

I've become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I have to remain unemployed. Luckily, a disaster always seems to befall me at exactly the right moment.

Toby Young 26 quotes

I've never been to a shrink. B...

I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had undergone Freudian analysis - and we often talked about other people in psychological terms, so I picked up a lot of that.

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I was once hired to write a co...

I was once hired to write a column for 'The Guardian' and then got fired before I'd submitted my first one. That was unusual. Most newspapers wait until I've written at least one piece for them before firing me.

Toby Young 26 quotes

I miss being fawned over by re...

I miss being fawned over by restaurateurs and chefs.

Toby Young 26 quotes

America thinks of itself as a ...

America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.

Toby Young 26 quotes

I tried being a mechanic and I...

I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work.

Toby Young 26 quotes

Oddly, I do have a problem wit...

Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms of someone who has a troubled relationship with their father. And yet, I never had a problem with my father.

Toby Young 26 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....