"Writing a novel proved to be the hardest,……" — Dick Francis
"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 than I expected."
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20 Quotes by Dick Francis
Dick Francis has 20 quotes on this site.
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they dont…
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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…
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More Analyzing Quotes
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They spend more time in analyzing, in collecting materials, and in hard thinking than on prayer, on seeking God's mind,…
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If employees need to stay late in order to curry favor with the boss, what motivation do they have to…
— Robert Pozen
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In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time's continuum, ignore pain, and…
— Diane Ackerman
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Knowing how hard it is to collect a fact, you understand why most people want to have some fun analyzing…
— Jesse L. Greenstein
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My take away here is to not make assumptions when analyzing data. It might be safe to assume you Facebook…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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And the reason you hate writing so much is because you start analyzing your work before you're done pouring it…
— Jeff Bollow
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By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analyzing the observations that I had made, I…
— M.C. Escher
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Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately
— Mikhail Botvinnik
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I knew I had to have a hit. I would get no more chances. Analyzing what they had in common…
— Neil Sedaka
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Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a…
— Chaz Bono
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I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't know. I'm not…
— Samantha Morton
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Do you remember when everyone began analyzing Beatles songs..I don't think I ever understood what some of them were supposed…
— Ringo Starr
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