Frederick Forsyth Quotes
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I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.
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I did all of California from north to south. I did Florida from north to south. I went to the Midwest. I spent time discovering the culture because I thought I was going to stay in America for only two years. Then I decided to come to New York.
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Obviously, you want to honour the sound of your music, but I'm definitely open to trying new things and making myself use a different palette of sounds.
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Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems.
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I love watching great TV, whether it's to educate myself more on my craft or to just simply be entertained.
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Much of what we now consider to be problems concerning immigration and assimilation really concern Mexican immigration and assimilation.
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When markets are rallying, cash in the portfolio is a drag on performance, returning about zero.
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Human beings have a need, generally, to destroy things. The Freudian principle of civilisation is correct. There's always, always a difference between the family image and the reality.
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If I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
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Those who oppose reform will also tell you that under our plan, you won't get to choose your doctor - that some bureaucrat will choose for you. That's also not true.
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Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive.
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I meet blind and partially-sighted young readers all the time, and it's a shock that so few books are available to them.
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There's a thin line between catering to the masses and making a fool of yourself; I try to walk that line.
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Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.
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When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in.
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I want to reach people and express myself. You have to put up with the risk of being misunderstood if you are going to try to communicate. You have to put up with people projecting their own ideas, attitudes, misunderstanding you. But it's worth being a public fool if that's all you can be in order to communicate yourself.
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There is a decivilizing bug somewhere at work; unconsciously persons of stern worth, by not resenting and resisting the small indignities of the times, are preparing themselves for the eventual acceptance of what they themselves know they don’t want.
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'Your God doesn’t care about you at all,' Travis said.'All the more reason to care about myself and others.'
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We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.
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'Driving is boring,' Rabbit pontificates, 'but it's what we do. Most of American life is driving somewhere and then driving back wondering why the hell you went.'
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But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.
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If you see something that speaks to you and you can swing it, don't question. I don't regret anything that I've ever bought, only the things that slipped away.
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It's a bit daunting going into an industry that is very much based around your appearance. I just want to act; I don't care about that stuff. I hate that you need to think about it as much as you do to get work.
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The British have always coped without becoming a dictatorship.
