Sebastian Faulks Quotes
Knowing one was comprised of recycled matter only and that selfhood was a delusion did not take away the aching of the heart.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I try to work out with my personal trainer for an hour, four times a week - we mainly concentrate on weights and running. If I'm on the road I sometimes do DVD work-outs in my hotel room - P90X and Insanity are a couple of my favourites.
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When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.
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I've had my heart broken and then gone out and done dumb things.
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Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.
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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.
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We pay for content that we like, and we like the content we pay for. It's a lot more satisfying to pay $7.50 for Steven Spielberg's next epic than it is to watch my home movies for free. Even for me.
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Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all.
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I don't really make plans and I just want to be happy and continue with my business and take care of my wife and kids. I want to sit back, relax and enjoy life.
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Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions.
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History, geography and future bind us. Let no one separate us. Together, we can create pillars of mutual respect that will support the common good for generations to come.
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It is the hour when from the boughs The nightingale's high note is heard;It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word.
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Innumerable twinkling of the waves of the sea.
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If what I see in my mind excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph.
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Germany is, of course, my country.
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Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive.
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If he had to bring all the bitterness and hatred of the world into his heart, he was not going to be in love with her again.
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It seems to me if you don't know anything about child development you shouldn't intimate in your 'reporting' that you do.
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A map in the hands of a pilot is a testimony of a man's faith in other men; it is a symbol of confidence and trust. It is not like a printed page that bears mere words, ambiguous and artful, and whose most believing reader - even whose author, perhaps - must allow in his mind a recess for doubt. A map says to you, 'Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not.' It says, 'I am the earth in the palm of your hand. Without me, you are alone and lost.
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Knowing one was comprised of recycled matter only and that selfhood was a delusion did not take away the aching of the heart.
