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> [“I was simultaneously elated and depressed, a common enough state of mind these days when people are offered a great deal of money to do something repugnant.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hamilton-paterson/i-was-simultaneously-elated-and-depressed-a-common-enough-state-of/)

[James Hamilton-Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hamilton-paterson/)

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## More by James Hamilton-Paterson

> [“How vivid, still, are the seagoing smells? Oily bilges, fish entrails, a freshly lit cigarette drawn through salt paper? And at night, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hamilton-paterson/how-vivid-still-are-the-seagoing-smells-oily-bilges-fish-entrails-a/)

[James Hamilton-Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hamilton-paterson/)

> [“Have you noticed how just trying to impose any sort of chronology on events makes it seem as though a lot of time has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hamilton-paterson/have-you-noticed-how-just-trying-to-impose-any-sort-of-chronology-on/)

[James Hamilton-Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hamilton-paterson/)

> [“The chef who cooks without a song on his lips cannot hope to infuse the right carefree improvisatory note into his art.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hamilton-paterson/the-chef-who-cooks-without-a-song-on-his-lips-cannot-hope-to-infuse/)

[James Hamilton-Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hamilton-paterson/)

> [“Sometimes in the company of others I find a disagreeable spirit of competitiveness kicks in and each person is shamed into spending rather more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hamilton-paterson/sometimes-in-the-company-of-others-i-find-a-disagreeable-spirit-of/)

[James Hamilton-Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hamilton-paterson/)

> [“We hang here, inquisitive carbon-based life forms, knowing that every atom of carbon now in our bodies was once in the interior of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hamilton-paterson/we-hang-here-inquisitive-carbon-based-life-forms-knowing-that-every/)

[James Hamilton-Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hamilton-paterson/)

> [“I was simultaneously elated and depressed, a common enough state of mind these days when people are offered a great deal of money to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hamilton-paterson/i-was-simultaneously-elated-and-depressed-a-common-enough-state-of/)

[James Hamilton-Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hamilton-paterson/)

> [“I also wish I'd been born with a clearly defined talent for something, or else stupid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hamilton-paterson/i-also-wish-i-d-been-born-with-a-clearly-defined-talent-for-something/)

[James Hamilton-Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hamilton-paterson/)

> [“Racism. . . . fuelled by bitter assertions that no immigrant ever has the least respect for the environment in his adopted country because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hamilton-paterson/racism-fuelled-by-bitter-assertions-that-no-immigrant-ever-has-the/)

[James Hamilton-Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hamilton-paterson/)

> [“A culinary triumph: the ingenious use of food as an offensive weapon.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hamilton-paterson/a-culinary-triumph-the-ingenious-use-of-food-as-an-offensive-weapon/)

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