Wilson Follett Quotes
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I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale.
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When I was rising eighteen I persuaded my parents to let me return to Australia and at least see whether I could adapt myself to life on the land before going up to Cambridge.
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The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that it's a cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it doesn't change - it hasn't suddenly changed into another kind of movie. It's still a cowboy movie. And that's what's incredible about it because nobody has done that before, that's new territory.
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I had a lot of vocal problems when I was younger. I don't know if it's down to leading a healthier lifestyle or what but my range has increased.
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There is no schedule. We are all volunteers, so we get it done when we get it done. Perl 5 still works fine, and we plan to take the right amount of time on Perl 6.
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I would put myself towards left of center.
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You can't be sent away to prison for life and feel OK about it.
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When people start to think they're figuring out 'The Vampire Diaries,' it switches on you.
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Literature incarnates its meanings as concretely as possible. The knowledge that literature gives of a subject is the kind of knowledge that is obtained by (vicariously) living through an experience.
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I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March wind sweeping down from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my nose and ears.
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That's one strength that Stevie has. She's really not a strong instrumentalist in any way. Her instrument is her voice and her words. And it keeps her focused on the very center of that.
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You can't rush an art form.
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The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.
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Sometimes people look to others for answers they can find within themselves. I don't really want the responsibility of being the guy they look to.
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I think the disarmament of Iraq is inevitable.
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I don't know how this guy knew how much money I was making. I didn't know how much money I was making.
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I wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact, I wanted to be John Cleese, and it took me some time to realise that the job was, in fact, taken.
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I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction.
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The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves.
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The '80s was an interesting, confining time for songwriters, so we were just sort of riffing in our own language, off to the side.
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Usage ain't always a matter of ought.
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You know my girls are so funny. You're out in the country and there are critters everywhere and they get a little like, 'Oh my God! Oh no, bugs!' and I had to say, 'Honey this is fine. This is their world and it's all part of being in the country.' I realized, 'Oh my God, my girls are really city girls.'
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It's a human phenomenon that there has to be a reason for everything. There almost never is.
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It is nonetheless the best usage that decides the meaning of words.
