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> [If you went through life refusing all the bait dangled in front of you, that would be no life at all. No changes would be made and you would have nothing to fight against. Life would be dull as ditchwater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/if-you-went-through-life-refusing-all-the-bait-dangled-in-front-of/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

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## More by Alan Sillitoe

> [Walking the streets on winter nights kept him warm, despite the cold nocturnal passions of uprising winds. His footsteps led between trade-marked houses, two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/walking-the-streets-on-winter-nights-kept-him-warm-despite-the-cold/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [For it was Saturday night, the best and bingiest glad-time of the week, one of the fifty-two holidays in the slow-turning Big Wheel of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/for-it-was-saturday-night-the-best-and-bingiest-glad-time-of-the-week/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [“On his first parade the sergeant-major exclaimed that he couldn't make out the shape of Arthur's head because there was so much hair on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/on-his-first-parade-the-sergeant-major-exclaimed-that-he-couldn-t/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [“And when the governor kept saying how 'we' wanted you to do this; and 'we' wanted you to do that, I kept looking round…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/and-when-the-governor-kept-saying-how-we-wanted-you-to-do-this-and-we/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [“Gulls, aeroplaning above the chimney pots, were calling that he must talk to Laura about his plans. He needed no telling, for once in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/gulls-aeroplaning-above-the-chimney-pots-were-calling-that-he-must/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [“I was neither glad nor unhappy to see her, but maybe that's what shock does, because I was surprised, that I will say.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/i-was-neither-glad-nor-unhappy-to-see-her-but-maybe-that-s-what-shock/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [If you went through life refusing all the bait dangled in front of you, that would be no life at all. No changes would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/if-you-went-through-life-refusing-all-the-bait-dangled-in-front-of/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [Whatever people think I am or say I am, that's what I am not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/whatever-people-think-i-am-or-say-i-am-that-s-what-i-am-not/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [All I'm out for is a good time - all the rest is propaganda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/all-i-m-out-for-is-a-good-time-all-the-rest-is-propaganda/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [Well, it's a good life and a good world, all said and done, if you don't weaken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/well-it-s-a-good-life-and-a-good-world-all-said-and-done-if-you-don-t/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [Everybody thinks theyll never get married at your age. You think you can go on all your life being single, but you suddenly find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/everybody-thinks-theyll-never-get-married-at-your-age-you-think-you/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [I realized it might be possible to do such a thing, run for money, trot for wages on piece work at a bob a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/i-realized-it-might-be-possible-to-do-such-a-thing-run-for-money-trot/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [It's a treat being a runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/it-s-a-treat-being-a-runner-out-in-the-world-by-yourself-with-not-a/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [“Once a rebel, always a rebel. You can't help being one. You can't deny that. And it's best to be a rebel so as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/once-a-rebel-always-a-rebel-you-can-t-help-being-one-you-can-t-deny/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

> [You can always rely on a society of equals taking it out on the women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-sillitoe/you-can-always-rely-on-a-society-of-equals-taking-it-out-on-the-women/)

[Alan Sillitoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-sillitoe/)

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