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> [“But what do you say if you're asked a direct question and you can't tell the truth and you can't tell a lie?' 'You say “how very interesting” and change the subject.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/but-what-do-you-say-if-you-re-asked-a-direct-question-and-you-can-t/)

[Dick Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-francis/)

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## More by Dick Francis

> [Historically, more people have died of religion than cancer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/historically-more-people-have-died-of-religion-than-cancer/)

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> [I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/i-guessed-life-was-like-that-you-gained-and-you-lost-and-if-you-saved/)

[Dick Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-francis/)

> [“To be logical you have to dig up and face your own hidden motives and emotions, and of course they're hidden principally because you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/to-be-logical-you-have-to-dig-up-and-face-your-own-hidden-motives-and/)

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> [Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/some-are-born-weird-some-achieve-it-others-have-weirdness-thrust-upon/)

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> [“It's people with obsessions who do the real harm in the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/it-s-people-with-obsessions-who-do-the-real-harm-in-the-world/)

[Dick Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-francis/)

> [“She said several times that Malcolm was a fiend who was determined to destroy his children, and that I was the devil incarnate helping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/she-said-several-times-that-malcolm-was-a-fiend-who-was-determined-to/)

[Dick Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-francis/)

> [“But what do you say if you're asked a direct question and you can't tell the truth and you can't tell a lie?' 'You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/but-what-do-you-say-if-you-re-asked-a-direct-question-and-you-can-t/)

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> [The dignity of man was everywhere tissue-paper thin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/the-dignity-of-man-was-everywhere-tissue-paper-thin/)

[Dick Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-francis/)

> [Physics is the science of all the tremendously powerful invisibilities - of magnetism, electricity, gravity, light, sound, cosmic rays. Physics is the science of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/physics-is-the-science-of-all-the-tremendously-powerful/)

[Dick Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-francis/)

> [“Gawd, he thought furiously, he hadn't expected it to be like this. Just a lousy walk down the yard to give a carrot to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/gawd-he-thought-furiously-he-hadn-t-expected-it-to-be-like-this-just/)

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> [“The bad scorn the good . . . and the crooked despise the straight." ~Greville”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/the-bad-scorn-the-good-and-the-crooked-despise-the-straight-greville/)

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> [“The house was dark. Upstairs, behind the black open window with the pale curtain flapping in the spartan air, slept Arthur Morrison, trainer of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/the-house-was-dark-upstairs-behind-the-black-open-window-with-the/)

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> [“He gave me a last dark look, not admitting defeat,not giving an inch .I watched him with unexpected regret. Watched him until the consciousness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/he-gave-me-a-last-dark-look-not-admitting-defeat-not-giving-an-inch-i/)

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> [“Mrs Palis­sey and I tend­ed to have the same con­ver­sa­tions over and over and slight­ly too of­ten. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/mrs-palis-sey-and-i-tend-ed-to-have-the-same-con-ver-sa-tions-over/)

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> [Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-francis/love-s-easy-to-learn-it-s-like-taking-a-risk-you-set-your-mind-on-it/)

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