Sebastian Faulks Quotes
My own diagnosis of my problem is a simpler one. It's that I share 50 per cent of my genome with a banana and 98 per cent with a chimpanzee. Banana's don't do psychological consistency. And the tiny part of us that's different - the special Homo sapiens bit - is faulty. It doesn't work. Sorry about that.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness? Nope, it's about stock options.
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As someone who has had cancer, I learned that you don't have to die. Look at me. Because of early detection, I'm fine. I'm cured. I'm well.
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Nothing says, 'I pay attention to detail!' like footwear flattery from a boy.
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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So I have this ability, if I may say so, to spot talent.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
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It's a very hard industry, and it's very cold. It's loving for when you have a hit record, but when you don't have anything going on, there's really not much support.
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There are a lot of eating disorders in our sport, so I try very hard not to get consumed by all that.
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All of my high school issues are resolved!
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting his family - because it's always tempting especially for young men - what would I do as a mother to stop him?
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I have donated money to campaigns. And I have been known to take to the street in protest. But I am more committed to my immediate politics than general politics.
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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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Good boys are nice - don't go for the bad ones!
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Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop on board I would fly that airline all the time.
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I knew what I wanted to do in sport from the age of nine.
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In nearly all cases, if the people complain of the length of our sermons it is because we fail to interest them personally in what we have to say.
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Ritual dwells in an invisible reality and gives this reality a vocabulary, props, costume, gesture, scenery. Ritual makes things separate, sets them apart from ordinary affairs and thoughts. Rituals need not be solemn, but they are formalized, stylized, extraordinary, and artificial. In the name of ritual, we can do anything. We can do astonishing acts. In the end, ritual gives us assurance about the unification of things.
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I did not stay at the 'Today' show because of money. I think there are other ways to make money.
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My own diagnosis of my problem is a simpler one. It's that I share 50 per cent of my genome with a banana and 98 per cent with a chimpanzee. Banana's don't do psychological consistency. And the tiny part of us that's different - the special Homo sapiens bit - is faulty. It doesn't work. Sorry about that.
