Sebastian Faulks Quotes
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I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it!
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
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I am not a good cue card reader.
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Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
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The interesting thing for me is, if I met Michael Peterson in person, I'd want him to let himself off the hook just a little bit.
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I started playing around with GoPros on my own to get some cool footage. But it's actually become a big training tool for my team and me.
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My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.
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My goal in boxing is to be the best.
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The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.
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Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers?
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In any marginalized community, whether people identify themselves or not affects us all.
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The Olympics are an opportunity to redefine the country, but the message is always wrong.
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In England, you feel like a member of the revolutionary guard the minute you even mention race. But I do think that the OscarsSoWhite phenomenon will have to reflect back on England. What people are essentially saying is that they want to see more diverse stories. It's not about putting three black people in the back of the shot.
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The Cox Committee found that the Chinese military acquired many of the technologies over the past seven years, although many of them had been targeted for acquisition for more than a quarter century.
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The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.
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Reading for me will be a combination of books, magazines, Tumblr and just kind of the Web in general on the iPad.
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It's only the filmmaker. The script is really, really second. And there's a huge gap between filmmaker and script for me. I almost don't care about the story that they're telling; I really only care about who wants to tell it.
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When I was a kid, our family was not that rich.
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And I think the American people look to the leaders to lead. They look to the leaders to take on the big problems. And the president deserves a lot of credit for doing that.
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It was incredible being on tour with Taylor Swift: she was the epitome of a professional, and she works so hard. For someone as successful as her to work that hard every night - truly inspirational.
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In the secret of night, my prayer climbs like the liana, My prayer is, and I am not. It grows, and I perish. I have only my hard breath, my reason and my madness. I cling to the vine of my prayer. I tend it at the root of the stalk of night.
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One thing about London is that when you step out into the night, it swallows you.
