Roger de Bussy-Rabutin (Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy) Quotes
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I don't have to worry about the obvious things like money.
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.
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I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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I like to get to bed with a clear head.
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I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34.
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I can swear like a fishwife.
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Growing up, there were no families on TV that looked like mine.
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I feel like I'm supposed to be a shooter.
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I'm a big-city boy. What I like is big cities. It's not just what I like. It's what I write about.
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Having been raised by actors who love moral ambiguity and flawed protagonists, I feel like it's sort of in the blood to want to take it on.
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I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.
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My arm bones looked like chicken bones.
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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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I like the effect drink has on me.
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Love, and do what you like.
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I'd like to die with my boots on.
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I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.
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The thing that makes writing so difficult is you don't have the element of serendipity. At least with a photograph, you can set up the camera, and something might happen. You might be a lousy photographer, but you can get a good picture if you just take enough of them.
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When I was a boy, my older brothers listened to Earth, Wind & Fire and Kool and the Gang. When I would try to get into their room, they would close the door and say, 'You can't hear that. It's not for a child!' Now, I can listen to it and enjoy it.
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To innovate does not necessarily mean to expand; very often it means to simplify.
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We must like what we have when we don't have what we like.
