William Boyd Quotes
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The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province.
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I think the three Mexican directors - Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro - gave all of us foreign, and particularly Latino, directors a big break.
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Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth.
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We can't afford to go lose two, three in a row. We've got to keep climbing and getting wins.
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I look three to five years ahead, not 10 years behind.
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One out of three jobs in Washington is tied to trade.
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I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.
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It wasn't until two or three years ago that I actually learned that in the end he actually did kill someone. But that was a choice that he faced: to kill or be killed.
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I started taking ballet lessons when I was three and a half and I still take dance classes.
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When I first came into the league, my first three, four years, I had a teammate from college win a Super Bowl.
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I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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My children have been learning lessons about entrepreneurship since they were in kindergarten, and these lessons are paying off: even though they are only 22, 18, and 15, they have already collectively launched three nonprofit organizations and several new businesses.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself.
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I've written three books you could think of as memoirs.
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There is something magical about three you know - a trio is tight and nicely economical.
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Most of our shows are about two and a half hours long.
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I don't know if you realize this, but anger is anger. It has no mind. It has no rationality. It's mad, and it just wants to destroy.
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I don't think you ever know in yourself whether you have gone mad.
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I left New York in 2009 when I fell in love with someone who had a farmhouse in New Hampshire... Portland, Maine, felt like the inevitable place for us.
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We should not wait any longer to ensure that women get the pay they deserve. I will keep fighting for this until we achieve equality. I am very thankful for all those who are already advocating for equal pay, and I hope others will join me in this fight.
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Every time I write a book, I think how I could be doing it better to please people - a nicer book with nicer characters - but I just can't.
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She's half mad and three parts drunk.
