Dick Francis Quotes
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Writing a novel proved to be the hardest, most self-analyzing task I had ever attempted, far worse than an autobiography: and its rewards were greater…
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THE KNOWN CHILD I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of…
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Historically, more people have died of religion than cancer.
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A jump jockey has to throw his heart over the fence - and then go over and catch it.
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Logic doesn't stop you feeling. You can behave logically and it can hurt like hell. Or it can comfort you. Or release you. Or all…
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I hadn’t had a mother since I was two, and from then until seven I had believed God was someone who had run off with…
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But people as a rule believe only what they want to believe, and if you tell them anything else they'll call you a trouble-maker and…
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Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they dont apply to you.
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Good manners are a sign of strength.
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Everyone journeys through character as well as through time. The person one becomes depends on the person one has been.
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Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.
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The dignity of man was everywhere tissue-paper thin.
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Most people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb up is only a formality.…
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Life has a way of kicking one along like a football, or so I've found. Fate had never dealt me personally a particularly easy time,…
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But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day.
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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 of…
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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 you…
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How could people, I wondered for the ten thousandth useless time, how could people who had loved so dearly come to such a wilderness; and…
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I'd always found goodness more interesting then evil, though I was aware this wasn't the most general view. To my mind, it took more work…
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I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would…
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