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Toby Young
British
Journalist
Born:
1963
Failure
Me
People
Think
Writing
You
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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
Work
Mechanic
Aptitude
Tried
Had
Academic
Catering
Than
Labour
Being
Realized
Less
Even
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
Love
Me
Happy
Experience
Writing
Think
Humorous
Broad
Would
Some
Proper
Had
Column
Observer
Like
Reach
Sort
Enable
Always
Very
Reporting
Them
Happy Experience
Really
Keep
Level
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
People
World
Three
Think
London
Outside
New
Ends
Manhattan
Whereas
New Yorkers
Center
Miles
If anything bad happens, the media will leap on it. We're under a huge obligation to be successful.
Toby Young
Obligation
Will
Bad
Leap
Huge
Anything
Happens
Successful
Media
I miss being fawned over by restaurateurs and chefs.
Toby Young
Miss
Over
Chefs
Being
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
Life
Waiting
Phone
Ambition
Though
Rung
Some
Cat
Call
Just
James
James Bond
Reason
Villain
Play
Bond
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
Work
Christmas
Day
You
School
Job
Tough
Other
Complain
Nine
Summer
Jobs
Easter
About
Weeks
Know
Most
Schools
How
Lot
Yes
Begins
Six
Just
Ends
Holiday
Teachers
Even
Compared
Two
Two Weeks
The fact that I'm a Tory who hasn't worked at a university - at least, not since I taught at Cambridge in 1990 - doesn't disqualify me from serving on the board of the OfS.
Toby Young
Me
Tory
Fact
Since
Least
Cambridge
Taught
Board
Worked
Who
Serving
University
In my capacity as a board member of the OfS, I hope to be impartial, objective, and fair.
Toby Young
Hope
Member
Impartial
Objective
Fair
Board
Capacity
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