Sebastian Faulks Quotes
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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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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One thing I have been banging on about, we have a dessert deficit in the U.K. We still import a very large proportion of our desserts. I would ask everyone to go out and buy a British dessert.
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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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No.
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The Olympics are an opportunity to redefine the country, but the message is always wrong.
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Nulla fides regni sociis, omnisque potestasinpatiens consortis erit.
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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 question was, whether, if the reformers of society and government could succeed in their objects, and every person in the community were free and in a state of physical comfort, the pleasures of life, being no longer kept up by struggle and privation, would cease to be pleasures.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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Write a list of ways that you have benefited from being married to your spouse. Then write a list of your spouse's positive patterns and qualities. Keep adding to the lists and reread them frequently.
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I have never had problems sleeping the night before a race.
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One thing about London is that when you step out into the night, it swallows you.
