Sebastian Faulks Quotes
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I worry about children not having a sense of any direct connection to the past.
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I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about.
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... all of us talk faster than we listen.
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It takes power for the man of God in the pulpit to speak plainly about particular sins before the faces of those who are living in them; and still more power to do it with the rare tactfulness and tenderness of the Galilean preacher.
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You win some, you learn some.
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Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in a way that other people can't.
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Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.
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It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise benevolence that makes preparation in the hour of peace for assuaging the ills that are sure to accompany war.
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The bad news is you're falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there's no ground.
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In a democratic scheme, money invested in the promotion of learning gives a tenfold return to the people even as a seed sown in good soil returns a luxuriant crop.
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Happiness is such an incredible advantage in our life. When the human brain is positive, our intelligence rises, we stop diverting resources to think about anxiety.
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All right. Since the world is about to end, why not give an impossible jailbreak one last try?
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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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Each wave of immigrants that have come in have been able to assimilate, integrate and then rise up and become part of this great American Dream.
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The strong and virtuous admit no destiny.
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Oh, the sweetness of giving in, of full surrender.
