Ken Follett Quotes
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I would love to do some theater.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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When I'm a bit sad, I often go for a drive in the country, quite fast with my music up.
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Many of depression's symptoms - exhaustion, insomnia, nausea, headaches, weight loss, weight gain - are physical ailments.
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You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system than they are in a good job or in college. And, you know, part of my job, that I can do, I think, without any potential conflicts, is to get at those root causes.
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I was doing a tour of the 'Batman' live stage production, and I challenged the cast to join me to run. One time, we were running in Switzerland just before Christmas, and it was heavy snow. Another time, we were running down the Seine in Paris on Christmas Day, and we all had Santa hats on.
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OK, I'm happy. I'm happy. All right? I'm happy.
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I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
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I have an outdoor kitchen at home in Georgia, and I try to never eat inside.
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I'm a jeans person; I love Abercrombie. My shoe collection is composed mostly of Chucks and a few pairs of girly ones.
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Anthropology is the science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over - except when they are different.
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As a man, it is true that I will never know what it is like to be a woman. As an organizational psychologist, though, I feel a responsibility to bring evidence to bear on dynamics of work life that affect all of us, not only half of us.
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We're programmed to believe that time is the enemy, that it takes away from us or that it diminishes us. I have found that it's done the opposite to me. Life is in perfect balance. It's just that our perception of it isn't.
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I always feel like I wasn't the best trainer, because I'm really good at teaching people stuff, but I'm not good if people aren't super psyched - if they're not like me.
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In 'Billy Madison,' I worked with Adam before anyone really knew he was Adam Sandler.
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'Abu Ghraib is unbelievable in the innocent times of 1961. That we would torture people that way and on the instructions of the President of the United States and his highest legal advisers, torture is okay, they said. Go for it, fellas. If we can't renounce that and remove it from office, then the Constitution doesn't work anymore.'
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'...reality’s always dull, you know...'
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It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
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I have been competing against IBM my whole career. It's a good company, with good management and a good team.
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It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.
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Enjoy the blessings Heaven bestows, Assist his friends, forgive his foes; Trust God, and keep his statutes still, Upright and firm, through good and ill; Thankful for all that God has given, Fixing his firmest hopes on heaven; Knowing that earthly joys decay, But hoping through the darkest day.
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There are people on staff who have made that point, that the upside to a second Bush term is that it makes 'American Dad' work better. To me, the price is too high. I would gladly give up the comedy to have a President Kerry. But you work with what you have.
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I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.
