Alan Sillitoe Quotes
It's a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what to do.
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.
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You either make dust or eat dust.
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
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I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.
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Josh Brolin is fascinating to watch because he is just so effortless. It's like watching a really gifted athlete run, and I just didn't have that.
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You could grow up in Germany in the postwar years without ever meeting a Jewish person. There were small communities in Frankfurt or Berlin, but in a provincial town in south Germany, Jewish people didn't exist.
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Germany can make a major difference in the lives of so many Holocaust survivors who are struggling in their later years.
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I'm not big on Champagne, but I'd take along a bottle of Cristal to pop for when the boat comes to the rescue.
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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
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Will I support our president, whoever that might be? Absolutely. Did I vote for Donald Trump? Absolutely.
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It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion or more people - without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.
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Businesses succeed when societies themselves succeed. When countries are affected by violence and the absence of the rule of law, business can and must be a messenger of peace.
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Sites like Funny or Die and College Humor are great, but I'd say it's appealing to 80% men and 20% women.
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Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.
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I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. You take a girl when she really gets passionate, she just hasn't any brains. -Holden Caulfield
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I'm writing for my ideal reader, for somebody who's willing to take the time, who's willing to get lost in a new world, who's willing to do their part. But then I have to do my part and give them a sound and a voice that they believe in enough to keep going.
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The world is a room of heavy furniture. Eventually you are allowed to leave.
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Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
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Discover the force of the skies O Men: once recognised it can be put to use.
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It's a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what to do.
