A. N. Wilson Quotes
My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria.
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I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
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I would like to direct.
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Healthy is in the eye of the beholder.
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You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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We can only learn to love by loving.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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But I think we need the international market.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
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I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
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I had a really dark time after the Olympic Games... But then I said to myself, 'This is a sport that's blessed me with a home, with an education, with some money. I can't hate this sport. This sport took me out of Louisiana. This sport gave me a chance when so many people don't get a chance. And I love this sport.'
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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Anyone can identify with those moments in life where circumstances or people inform us that we've strayed from the path of our better nature and intentions. We know what that's like, and we resist it - so as not to feel like we're bad people.
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I remember my uncle and my father telling me that my mother didn't want me because I was blind. She thought being blind was a disgrace and a punishment from God. I understand that a lot of young mothers probably wouldn't know what to do in that situation, but over your life you learn to forgive everything.
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I will never cheat in any walk of life.
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When I have a bad show, I can't wait until I can get back on stage to forget about it.
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Were a man to consult only his reason, who would marry? For myself, I wouldn't marry, for fear of having a son who resembled me.
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My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria.
