William Dalrymple Quotes
Mr William, he said, in my life six times have I crashed, and on not one occasion have I ever been killed.( Bevinda Singh taxi driver from City of Djinns
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Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tragic intent. I don't know what to say to this except that I disagree wholeheartedly.
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No, I never had any dreams. The process of art is a dream in itself. The artist just doesn't... you work out something. It's yours. You don't have to go to sleep to do that. You do that on the canvas.
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When I'm not on tour, I love to have a long breakfast at home in my garden.
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No unborn baby has ever had the right to choose or deny its own destruction.
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I believe the President was enormously effective in small groups, small groups being anything under a hundred, where you could really communicate.
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He who considers himself a paragon of wisdom is sure to commit some superlatively stupid act.
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The Constitution was framed upon the theory that the peoples of the several states must sink or swim together, and that in the long run prosperity and salvation are in union and not division.
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There can never be enough writers anywhere in the world.
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The greatest encouragement is conveyed in prayer.
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My real hair color is kind of a dark blonde. Now I just have mood hair.
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If Manliness had a soundtrack, the score would be metal.
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Nothing could be easier than disturbing a status quo instituted by others; the real work of the sinister
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I wonder if childhood is ever really happy. Just as well, perhaps. To be blissfully happy so young would leave one always seeking to recapture the unobtainable. Like those people who were always happiest at school or university. Always going back. No reunion ever missed. It always seemed to me rather pathetic.
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Never have I experienced a serenity and sweetness of disposition as with my Chocolate Lab.
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This problem is not only in Mississippi. During the time I was in the Convention in Atlantic City, I didn't get any threats from Mississippi. The threatening letters were from Philadelphia, Chicago and other big cities.
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No one cared what St. Louis thought, although the city got a wink for pluck.
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The European drivers have adapted to this circuit extremely quickly, especially Paul Radisich who's a New Zealander.
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Mr William, he said, in my life six times have I crashed, and on not one occasion have I ever been killed.( Bevinda Singh taxi driver from City of Djinns
