British - Author | May 28, 1908 - August 12, 1964
Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.
Ian Fleming
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
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Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.
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As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.
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A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.
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I was just on the edge of getting married, and I was frenzied at the prospect of this great step in my life after having been a bachelor for so long. And I really wanted to take my mind off of the agony, and so I decided to sit down and write a book.
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People do connect me with James Bond simply because I happen to like scrambled eggs and short-sleeved shirts and some of the things that James Bond does, but I certainly haven't got his guts nor his very lively appetites.
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Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.
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I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
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If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.
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Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch.
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