Edmund Crispin Quotes
THE majority of us are permitted to cope with the important events of our lives in a decently leisurely manner – with ample breathing-space, that is to say, in which to assimilate one shock and recuperate before the next.
Quotes to Explore
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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To make a couple putts to win the Masters is just an amazing feeling.
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I will not be collateral damage in a presidential campaign, nor will I be a woman bullied by Hillary Clinton.
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If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur.
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The capital goes wherever the opportunities are.
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Being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they've always made me glad.
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I do not think anyone can ever do anything without the help and will of God.
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If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
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If you are walking with Jesus, in the Spirit, you need not fear going too far. No believer has gone as far as God wants him to go
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Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course women learn it. We're not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language.
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I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain.
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Death is woven in with the violets,” said Louis. “Death and again death.”)
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Frankly, once I've eaten a thing, I don't expect to see it again.
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It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis.
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Get around the right people. Associate with positive, goal-oriented people who encourage and inspire you.
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The thicker the hay; the easier mowed.
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THE majority of us are permitted to cope with the important events of our lives in a decently leisurely manner – with ample breathing-space, that is to say, in which to assimilate one shock and recuperate before the next.
