W. G. Grace Quotes
I should like to say that good batsman are born, not made; but my long experience comes up before me, and tells me that it is not so.
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Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!
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Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
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You have good days and bad days.
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I am a fan of the true crime and horror genres! So, I've got a dark side too.
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It's one day at a time, that's all there is to it, and so I don't have to worry about it. All I do is, okay, I do not have to drink. And if I feel like it, I postpone it for ten minutes, and that way I find something else to do in the meantime.
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I should like to say that good batsman are born, not made; but my long experience comes up before me, and tells me that it is not so.
