Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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• There's an audience out there for all these different types of things. Whether it's comedy, motion-picture drama, family movie or a cool, cutting-edge indie, it's nice to know that I can span all those different genres.

  

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• I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt.

  

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• I was attorney general; my name is Meese. I say, go to college. Don't carry a piece.

  

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• When I was a teenager, we used to go to North Carolina with my family, and we'd all pile into, like, a beach house. We'd rent, like, two or three next to each other, because I have a humungous family.

  

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• Well, the memories were obviously - every match is important, every point counts, especially the last sort of 18, 20 years when the matches have been so tight.

  

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• Change is always something you have to go through.

  

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• In the long run, competition makes us better... it drives innovation.

  

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• I'd rather not, but if it will help the club, I'll do it. My ankle injury still bothers me sometimes.

  

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• I don't know what goes on behind my back... I always feel like, if you don't have anything good to say, then don't say anything.

  

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• My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within.

  

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• Writing novels is where I'm most comfortable. It's a very intimate experience.

  

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• The hits always wind up being the songs with big, high choruses. They're the ones too high to sing every night - not that you'll ever, ever hear me complain about having to try.

  

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• My son's name is Dirk - I named Dirk Pitt after him when he was about three years old.

  

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• Give yourself an impossible task and solve it - then you've got a really good story.

  

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• The dead don't bother with particulars.

  

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• Why then should money be blamed for all the dirt and crimes it causes? For is love less filthy -- love which creates life?

  

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• Politics bereft of religion is absolute dirt, ever to be shunned.

  

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• For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas.

  

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• The most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.

  

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• The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.

  

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• But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Adventures
  • Dirt
  • Main Road