"It's never over till it's over with a friend."

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Source : Howard Jacobson (2010). “The Finkler Question”, p.46, A&C Black

Howard Jacobson

“I think I'm past the age of getting lost.”
“When youâ€™re O.C.D., you want the most beautiful animals.”
“Luckily for writers - and unluckily for history - every scientific idea creates human conflict.”
“It is a human inclination to hope things will work out, despite evidence or doubt to the contrary. A successful manager must resist this temptation.”

Source : "The Rickover Effect". Book by Theodore Rockwell, 1992.
“The only way to address terrorism is to deal with the issues that create terrorism, to resolve them where possible, and where that's not possible to ensure that there is an alternative to violence.”
“I'll challenge senators and kings for the right to know the truth, but far be it from me to challenge a woman in her own kitchen.”
“Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.”
“If something is going on in my life, it winds up getting into my strip.”

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