Sebastian Faulks Quotes
I'd never chosen to be alone, but that was the way things had turned out, and I'd grown used to it.
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.
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I don't like to post fresh standup material, because I want to use it in a special. The stuff I like to post online I like to be off-the-cuff moments.
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I'm on a search for the truth.
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I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.
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I started a feta cheese company, Euphrates, in upstate New York in 2002.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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It was difficult to realize, 'I'm lieutenant governor.' And Brown appropriately reminded me of that.
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The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
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I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
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My parents made certain I had no illusions about acting. To them, it was always just a job.
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I'm sponsored by Audi, so I have this rather lovely rather arrangement where they just insist that I'm always in the latest model.
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I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.
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Being able to go into Wimbledon and be part of an amazing atmosphere is special.
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I hate the word sexy.
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When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but I just wasn't focused on school - I was into the music and trying to please my dad.
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As you ride in a steeplechase, and you're on the horse, going quite fast, you think, 'That's quite a big fence...' But trust the horse, and don't give him any reason to doubt you.
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As an offensive player, you always want to produce and score goals, especially when that's your job on the team.
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We had to leave Norway and go where it was all happening, which was London. We loved it there, but it was hard. We had no money - we were literally starving. It started to get ugly.
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I don't want to redo what I've just done. I don't want to retread old ground.
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A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.
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We must keep ourselves busy with finding ways to generate wealth for generations to come and work to pass down things to our children for them to pass down to their children.
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I'd never chosen to be alone, but that was the way things had turned out, and I'd grown used to it.
