Sebastian Faulks Quotes
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There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.
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I made a commitment... both to myself and to some supporters to carefully consider a run for the Liberal leadership for the Liberal Party of Canada.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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In the Muslim world, I had seen that men with white complexions were more genuinely brotherly than anyone else had ever been. That... was the start of a radical alteration in my whole outlook about 'white men.'
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Painting puts me into an alpha state. It's a private event. I make all the decisions in the process and never have to deal with the outside world.
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I feel that I'm a poet first. Not only was poetry the first genre in which I wrote, it's the genre that serves as the basis for my practice as a writer.
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To win at Augusta and to win The Open Championship at St. Andrews, it's hard to put it into words as a golfer, as an athlete, as a guy - I'm not rich in history, I can tell you that. I'm not a great historian.
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I often wonder that if I had met Hitler, I reckon I might have found some streak of decency in him.
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凡是敵人反對的，我們就要擁護；凡是敵人擁護的，我們就要反對。
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Neither am I the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds, I am not a sacrifice on their altars.
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He marveled at the strange blindness by which men, though they are so alert to what changes in themselves, impose on their friends an image chosen for them once and for all. He was being judged by what he had been. Just as dogs don't change character, men are dogs to one another.
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The Japanese say, If the flower is to be beautiful, it must be cultivated.
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The Byrds weren't rock n' roll guys. We were kinda like your Seekers... folkies who took it a step further.
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I had a dog named Oliver with severe separation anxiety. He couldn't be alone... so I had to bring him wherever I went.
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Anytime that another artist or a critic that is well-respected says something nice about you, you're always thankful and hope that you can live up to that.
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I do a lot of dry shampoo. My hair just works better when it's not as clean!
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I'm very happy that Paul Ryan has decided to treat Donald Trump like a Zika mosquito: avoid contact, or you will be infected.
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My animals are a really important part of my life.
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I've had a career where people still remember all these shows I've been on. It's quite cool; I just want to do stuff that people like.
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The good guy only gets the girl in a soppy way.
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There is an inherent dissonance between the quasi-formal world of computer programs - defining the programmed machine in each system - and the non-formal problem world of the system requirements.
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It's no easy matter to paint a background. I venture to say that the old painters had more difficulty with their grounds than with their figures. You know the story of Vandyke brought to Rubens with this recommendation: 'He already knows how to paint a background.' 'That is more than I can do!' was the reply.
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Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise.
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The thing about opium is that it makes pain or difficulty unimaginable.
