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 think I've actually drunk a beer for 15 years, except a few Guinnesses in Dublin, where it's the law.
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Sometimes I get mad when I think that I only have maybe 40 or 50 more springs in New York. When I miss one, 'cause I'm on location for a film, I wanna go, 'That's it, that just cost me one of my 50!'
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Peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart
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As an entrepreneur, you love your business like a child, and you're taught to be laser-focused on the business.
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Boy trouble, huh?" "Boy catastrophe is more like it. I'm not sure I can do this." "Do what?" Concern sounded in Holiday's voice. "Do Lucas," Kylie said. Holiday made a funny face and raised one eyebrow.
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She's half mad and three parts drunk.
