Alan Paton Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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The want of money is the root of all evil.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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There are two kinds of ham: raw and cooked. Raw ham is cured with salt and/or smoke over time; cooked ham is boiled. Every culture that makes ham has its own unique and various methods.
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People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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You can't play it safe if you want to get ahead.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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My roles in the '80s were, like, gender dysphoric. I wasn't pretty, I wasn't this, I wasn't that. And I am kind of butchy, you know. That's just my thing.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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I don't want to talk in terms of miracles. I think this is a very serious situation. But I do want to talk in terms of Bush becoming a man of the hour, and I think this is way to do it.
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Age is nothing but experience, and some of us are more experienced than others
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Andre Agassi, in his account of becoming an embittered prodigy, seems never to have liked tennis much, except as a vehicle for achievement. The kids who do like life inside the lines can find the flow within that green-and-white geometry.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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They had two really good teams those two years, but they've got a really good team this year. I'm hoping upstate this time they can really make a difference.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
