"It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings……" — Tom Holt
"It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by a dying badger."
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20 Quotes by Tom Holt
Tom Holt has 20 quotes on this site.
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Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.
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There’s nothing bad about reincarnation per se, it’s basically a very good system, cost-effective and ecologically friendly.
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At any given time, ninety-nine-point-nine-five per cent of the human race are a confounded nuisance
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Genies rarely have nightmares, for the same reason that elephants don't usually worry about being trampled underfoot. With the possible…
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Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of
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I try and do 2,500 words a day, every day of the year
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New technology is useful, but it's inefficient and ugly; it knows it'll be obsolete by lunchtime tomorrow, so it has…
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I don't read the Sunday papers; or the dailies, either
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The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn't died yet
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Everything is out there if you know how to find it, and have the patience. I don't and haven't, but…
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Lawyers are predators in grey worsted
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American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot, sunny day. It's never really caught on in the UK,…
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More Badger Quotes
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one of 25 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I'm running for Governor, and this Honey Badger is ready to fight.
— Scott Gessler
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I couldn't be more chuffed if I were a badger at the start of the mating season!
— Ian Holloway
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The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be…
— Kenneth Grahame
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Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.
— Kenneth Grahame
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Governor Scott Walker didn't know who he was messing with when he picked a fight with the hard-working union folks…
— Gwen Moore
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Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There…
— John Sununu
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Who is Alice?" asked mother. "Alice is somebody that nobody can see," said Frances. "And that is why she does…
— Russell Hoban
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I'm a beast, I am, and a Badger what's more. We don't change. We hold on.
— C.S. Lewis
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Remember on this one thing, said Badger. The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If…
— Barry Lopez
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Father, bless me for I have sinned, I did an original sin… I poked a badger with a spoon.
— Eddie Izzard
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Step aside? I step aside for nobeast, whether it be a hallowed hedgehog, an officious otter, a seasoned squirrel, a…
— Brian Jacques
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We shall creep out quietly into the butler's pantry--" cried the Mole. "--with out pistols and swords and sticks--" shouted…
— Kenneth Grahame
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