Sebastian Faulks Quotes
That sense of happiness just out beyond my reach - I'm not sure I'd grasped that exactly, but I'd got something close to it, contentment maybe, or at least a functioning routine with regular rewards.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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I'd sing all day, every day, all the time if I thought it didn't sound like dying cats.
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I think 'Rockstar' is more dear to me than any of my other films.
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The reality is that not only were we massively hit in 2008 when the bubble burst, and then we realized how deep the social gap, the economic gap in the world is between the super rich and the poor; also, we realized how impacted the environment has been. So there's been a physical consequence of that.
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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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'Twin Peaks' fans, it's a hardcore group of people.
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What the future of the planet and music and art and all of it is sharing; it's diversity.
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The Spanish and the American audiences are lunatics. They are very passionate and, like the Irish, they don't have as many inhibitions. If you are playing somewhere like Austria or Sweden, it takes them a little while to come out of themselves.
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I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
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I think everybody should go to high school. It's horrible, and it unites you with other people.
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For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.
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Pleasant, summer, and slow long day; Also pleasant to pass out of chastisement Pleasant, the blossoms on the tops of the pear-trees; Also pleasant, friendship with the Creator.
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But it was impossible to remain so long in the company of a female, even a divine one, without suffering some form of disillusionment.
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The first blow is half the battle.
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Always wear cute pyjamas to bed, you'll never know who u will meet in your dreams.
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You can never reach the promised land. You can march towards it.
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Sometimes, people can be extraordinarily judgmental and closed-minded to anyone different or special, which is why it's so hard for young people in this day and age to be comfortable enough in their own skin to not listen to the people picking on them.
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If you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be. The house of the Lord, bathed in light, standing out in the darkness, becomes symbolic of the power and the inspiration of the gospel of Jesus Christ standing as a beacon in a world that sinks ever further into spiritual darkness.
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Total contentment is only for cows.
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Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
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Flying for the airlines is not supposed to be an adventure. From takeoff to landing, the autopilots handle the controls. This is routine. In a Boeing as much as an Airbus. And they make better work of it than any pilot can. You're not supposed to be the blue-eyed hero here. Your job is to make decisions, to stay awake, and to know which buttons to push and when. Your job is to manage the systems.
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That sense of happiness just out beyond my reach - I'm not sure I'd grasped that exactly, but I'd got something close to it, contentment maybe, or at least a functioning routine with regular rewards.
