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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
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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. - Toby Young
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There's no reason why you can't deliver a grammar-school curriculum to an all-ability intake. - Toby Young
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If anything bad happens, the media will leap on it. We're under a huge obligation to be successful. - Toby Young
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The moment I'm perceived to be even a tiny bit successful, my career will go down the pan. - Toby Young
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I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam. - Toby Young
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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
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I miss being fawned over by restaurateurs and chefs. - Toby Young
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My life's ambition is to play a James Bond villain. I have the cat and the eye-patch, so I'm just waiting for the call. For some reason, though, the phone hasn't rung. - Toby Young
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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
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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
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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
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I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything. - Toby Young
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America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure. - Toby Young
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Teachers complain a lot about how tough their job is. But, you know, the day begins in most schools at nine o'clock, ends at 3.30 P.M. They have six weeks' holiday during the summer, two weeks' holiday at Easter and at Christmas. Yes, they don't just work when they're at school, but even so, compared to a lot of other jobs, it's not that tough. - Toby Young
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