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‘Our aims are the same.’ ‘Never!’ Connolly roared. ‘You want to substitute Irish capitalists for British. The noses of Connemara peasants will be ground just as flat.’
“Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you're willing to practice, you can do.”
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“We didn't exactly believe your story.'
Then --?'
'We believed your two hundred dollars.'
'You mean --' She seemed not to know what he meant.
'I mean that you paid us more than if you'd been telling the truth,' he explained blandly, 'and enough more to make it all right.”
― The Maltese Falcon
Then --?'
'We believed your two hundred dollars.'
'You mean --' She seemed not to know what he meant.
'I mean that you paid us more than if you'd been telling the truth,' he explained blandly, 'and enough more to make it all right.”
― The Maltese Falcon
“When I'm running I don't have to talk to anybody and don't have to listen to anybody. This is a part of my day I can't do without.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them.”
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“The range and diversity of...places in England with character or charm is often overlooked. A bicycle more than anything else helps one both to find and to appreciate them: they and it have quiet tastes in common.
And a bicycle leaves no smell, oil-drip, weakened fabric or frightened pedestrian in its wake.”
― England by Bicycle
And a bicycle leaves no smell, oil-drip, weakened fabric or frightened pedestrian in its wake.”
― England by Bicycle
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