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Toby Young Quotes

Toby Young quotes about thinking

British Journalist

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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
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
Toby Young quote: "America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more..."
America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure. Toby Young
I swear, I didn't really go in thinking, 'I'll be the Simon Cowell' of 'Top Chef.' I was just used to being a judge on British food shows where people are much more outspoken and rather rude. That's the culture over here. Toby Young
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
I think I've been wishing for celebrity for so long that I've got used to being someone who's petitioning the establishment for acceptance... my whole schtick, my whole identity, is so wrapped up in being a petitioner that I don't really know how to react now that petition has been granted. Toby Young

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