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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With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
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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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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
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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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I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.
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I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one note for an hour to just kind of feel the resonance of the violin.
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In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.
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I love hotels. I generally prefer smaller boutique hotels to large chains, especially when attention and wit has been given to interesting design elements and beautiful bathrooms.
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I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
