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
complete doubting
This was the wonder of advertising; the complete absence of cynicism. It may have many mansions, but it has no room for Doubting Thomases.
bars melted sell shelves
The summer of 1976 was so hot that bars of chocolate melted on the shelves before confectioners could sell them.
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Santa Cruz is blessed not only with natural wonders, but also with gifted souls who can fashion nature's bounty into man-made treasures.
delivered john wayne
One-eyed Reuben 'Rooster' Cogburn is the role that finally delivered John Wayne his Oscar.
course dime novels remained
Of course the 19th century remained in blissful ignorance of post-modern irony, and the dime novels were made without end.
blazing prose
McCarthy's prose in 'Blood Meridian' comes blazing from the Book of Revelation.
I'm completely lacking any sense of religious belief, but I am superstitious.
I'll tell you now that I hate myself for many reasons, but being Jewish is not one of them.
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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.
certainly deal morning second suggest written
I do not mean for one second to suggest that 'White Doves at Morning' was written with a movie deal in mind. Certainly not.
believe god personal
I believe that there may well be a personal God out there - not a monotheistic God - that has got it in for me.
ignored largely literary works
Hinde Esther Kreitman is a forgotten literary foremother, her works largely lost, ignored and out of print.
jews
For me, Jews and football go together like a horse and carriage.
among fences pleased seemed
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.