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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I still don't even know if the sheriff will let me see him. And suppose he did; what then? What do I say to him? Do I know what a man is? Do I know how a man is supposed to die? I'm still trying to find out how a man should live. Am I supposed to tell someone how to die who has never lived?
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I can't speak for readers in general, but personally I like to read stories behind which there is some truth, something real and above all, something emotional. I don't like to read essays on literature; I don't like to read critical or rational or impersonal or cold disquisitions on subjects.
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Chipotle was going to incorporate all the things I had learned at the Culinary Institute and Stars and really elevate typical fast food.
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He let Shane drop back down in his chair, and walked out, back stiff. Furious. Shane sat with his hands clutching at the armrests. He exchanged a stunned look with Eve, and they both stood up at once. "No," Shane said. "I did it. Let me fix it." He went off after Michael. Eve chewed her lip and said, "Well, we're either going to see half the house destroyed, or their bromance is going to go all the way.
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Isn't it funny the way some combinations of words can give you--almost apart from their meaning--a thrill like music?
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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.
