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title: "1 Life Chances Quotes By Toby Young"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/in-britain-by-contrast-we-still-think-that-class-plays-a-part-in/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

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## More by Toby Young

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/teachers-complain-a-lot-about-how-tough-their-job-is-but-you-know-the/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/i-expect-that-in-40-years-time-i-ll-be-writing-political-tomes-and/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/oddly-i-do-have-a-problem-with-authority-i-find-it-very-difficult-to/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/i-really-like-the-observer-i-think-i-d-love-to-have-a-column-with-a/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had undergone Freudian analysis - and we often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/i-ve-never-been-to-a-shrink-but-my-parents-were-very-psychologically/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/you-know-when-you-tell-a-self-deprecating-story-at-a-dinner-party/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [The fact that I'm a Tory who hasn't worked at a university - at least, not since I taught at Cambridge in 1990 -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/the-fact-that-i-m-a-tory-who-hasn-t-worked-at-a-university-at-least/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [If anything bad happens, the media will leap on it. We're under a huge obligation to be successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/if-anything-bad-happens-the-media-will-leap-on-it-we-re-under-a-huge/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [“It was journalism at its best: irreverent, mischievous and beholden to no one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/it-was-journalism-at-its-best-irreverent-mischievous-and-beholden-to/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [In my capacity as a board member of the OfS, I hope to be impartial, objective, and fair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/in-my-capacity-as-a-board-member-of-the-ofs-i-hope-to-be-impartial/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/america-thinks-of-itself-as-a-meritocracy-so-people-have-more-respect/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/i-tried-being-a-mechanic-and-i-tried-catering-but-i-realized-i-had/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/my-life-s-ambition-is-to-play-a-james-bond-villain-i-have-the-cat-and/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [It's very different doing a food show in America and doing one in Britain. I did a 20-part series for the BBC series called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/it-s-very-different-doing-a-food-show-in-america-and-doing-one-in/)

[Toby Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-young/)

> [I was every Londoner's stereotypical idea of a brash, vulgar American. When I got here, it turned out that London was the Wild West,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-young/i-was-every-londoner-s-stereotypical-idea-of-a-brash-vulgar-american/)

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