Bernard Crick Quotes
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So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do to be the last thing I do.
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I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.
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He was not only a bore; he bored for England.
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Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles
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I am not one to brag but to tell you the truth mang,
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I look at the effect that an individual's fame has on their family, for example, and the limitations that places upon your life to an extent - of course, it brings marvelous things too, but it brings them mainly to the individual. The people around the famous person often pay a price without reaping many of the rewards.
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We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."
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Wrong hath but wrong, and blame the due of blame.
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I think I have always had a little humor.
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I'm not very good at multi-tasking. Most people aren't, but they think they are. The mind is really better when you're really focused on one thing.
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I was sent to sleepover camp since I was 6, and you know, it's a recipe for disaster.
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Bogie had tremendous character and a great sense of honor and would not tolerate lies, even if they asked him what he thought of a movie. We were once at a screening at somebody's house, I forget whose, and they ran a movie that he was in, that he never thought much of. Afterward, the producer asked what he thought of it, and Bogie said "I think it's a crock." And this producer was horrified! He was about to release the movie, and he said to Bogie "Why would you say that?!" Bogie shrugged and said "Then don't ask me." He never played the schmoozing game. He was not into that at all.
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Left to my own devices I'd get up at midday every day of my life.
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With the horses, you can’t let them call the shot part of the time and then you call the shot part of the time. They’re not really designed to be your leader, but they can be a great partner, but you need to lead, and they need to respect you and respond with respect. Don’t think of respect as a dirty word. You need to respect them as well.
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There must be a way! I have begun a Quest! Quests do not simply end. You win or you lose; it is not just suddenly over.
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What I say is, don't go playing unless you can win. Only sit down to chess with idiots, only kick a dog what's dead already, and don't love a lady unless she loves you first.
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All through my career I've written 1,000 words a day - even if I've got a hangover. You've got to discipline yourself if you're professional. There's no other way.
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I didn't know what to say to her. What do you say to people when they ask how it feels to lose everything? When every planet in your solar system has exploded?
