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22 quotes by Toby Young

Toby Young (born 17 October 1963) is an English journalist. He is best known as the author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, the tale of his stint in New York as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair magazine. Young served as a judge in seasons five and six of the television show Top Chef and is the co-founder of the West London Free School.
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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.

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When I was writing my column, I would almost always be recognized when I was in a restaurant, even if I was reviewing it and had booked under a fake... →

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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... →

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You know when you tell a self-deprecating story at a dinner party, everyone's laughing along with you? But then when someone else repeats that... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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

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

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If anything bad happens, the media will leap on it. We're under a huge obligation to be successful.

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

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