Clive Sinclair
Clive Sinclair
Sir Clive Marles Sinclairis an English entrepreneur and inventor, most commonly known for his work in consumer electronics in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth30 July 1940
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I had a Latin master who, for no rational reason whatsoever - I was a very quiet kid at school - just hated me.
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I do not mean for one second to suggest that 'White Doves at Morning' was written with a movie deal in mind. Certainly not.
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I believe that there may well be a personal God out there - not a monotheistic God - that has got it in for me.
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Hinde Esther Kreitman is a forgotten literary foremother, her works largely lost, ignored and out of print.
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For me, Jews and football go together like a horse and carriage.
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Back when I was young, lists seemed like fences on the open range. But secretly, I was pleased to be corralled among other literary thoroughbreds.
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As Annie Proulx is to Wyoming, so is Jane Candia Coleman to Arizona.
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My own zigzag path through life led me back to Santa Cruz in the early Eighties, and I have revisited regularly since. The place hasn't changed: head in the clouds, backside on the hills and feet in the ocean - one of the most decent and beautiful places on earth.
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Copywriting cuts the communication cord between word and feeling. By offering instant gratification, it atrophies more subtle emotions.
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In the 1880s, a weedy Easterner named Owen Wister had something like a nervous breakdown. Wyoming, with its wide-open spaces and healthy pursuits, was prescribed as a cure. Wister was immediately smitten by the taciturn cowboys and the rules imposed upon them by the cattle barons.
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It would be a big mistake to think that Chekhov was a natural, that he did not have to work for his effects and singular style.
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I went to UC Santa Cruz, overlooking the Bay of Monterey and Santa Cruz, in 1969. Back then, the city was part-hippie, part-surfer, but mostly retired chicken farmer.
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Everyone in Tel Aviv knows Yosl Bergner. In 2006, the mayor made him a Freeman of the City. Now he carries a card which allows him to park his car anywhere with impunity. If only he could drive.
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Even when she was alive, Esther Kreitman's novels, short stories and translations received far less attention than the work of her famous brothers, I. J. and Isaac Bashevis Singer.