Don DeLillo Quotes
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.
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Shooting is very challenging because 10 metre air rifle you have different rules, short gun you have different rules.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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I want to have a long career.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
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I need my fill of Indian home cooking.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
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We are a vibrant first-world country, but we have a humbling third-world memory.
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Hardship makes the world obscure.
