Charles Portis Quotes
I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?
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My father was a lawyer.
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
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As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music.
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There's more to life than physical and material.
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I married beneath me, all women do.
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I understand those who don't like me.
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Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market.
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George loves the T Rex because it's the noisiest and the scariest.
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A sudden intimacy occurs when someone does your hair.
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
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Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.
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Marriage takes work - it doesn't just happen.
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I can watch a movie and go, 'Oh, my god, that person is acting.' If you just listen to what the other person is saying, your response will always be genuine.
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At the beginning of the week, when we do our game planning, we look at the opponent and all the unique things they do.
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I've learned through my own experiences that working toward an objective in your life can change who you are.
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In a mature democracy, what is legal is decided by parliament... Our process is legitimised by parliament and by the ballot box.
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As soon as there is life there is danger.
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I love London. I love England. We were out in the countryside and I had the time of my life.
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I'm a mirror. If you're cool with me, I'm cool with you, and the exchange starts. What you see is what you reflect. If you don't like what you see, then you've done something. If I'm standoffish, that's because you are.
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I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.
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To be a writer you have to be out in the world, you have to risk yourself in the world, you have to be immersed in the world, you have to go out looking for it. This becomes harder as you get older because there's less energy, the days are shorter for older people and it's not so easy to go out and immerse oneself in the world outside.
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I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?
