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Peter Abrahams Quotes

All my life had been dominated by a sign, often invisible but no less real for that, which said: 'Reserved for Europeans Only.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: south african
Birth: March 3, 1919 - January 18, 2017

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Life My Life Said Invisible Real

I sort of came out at the dawn of the Internet in the mid-90s and I think it helped break my career. I think I was one of the first artists to really benefit from the grassroots swell that can happen online. I don't know if I would have broken out without it.

Broken Think Dawn Internet Career

Beauty seen is never lost, God's colors all are fast.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Beauty God Colors Fast Lost Never

I'm really unimaginative - once I like something, I fix on it.

Fix Something Like Once Really

We have the ability to craft a life where we are completely fulfilled. We think it is dependent on outsiders, and to some extent it is, but it is much more dependent on the attitude we bring to life.

Life Attitude Think More Craft Some

That was just kind of a surprise when the doctor said, 'We did a biopsy on your appendix, and you have cancer.'

Doctor Surprise You Said Kind Just

Dennis Bergkamp is, in my eyes, still 'The Master'. The fact that he never won the Champions League, the European Championship, or the World Cup does not take anything away from his greatness as a player.

Robin Van Persie

Eyes Greatness World Champions Never

Greatness is not guarding yourself from the people; greatness is being accepted by the people.

Yourself Greatness People Being

For many, the loan modification process has been a giant sham.

Process Loan Been Giant Many Sham

Any teacher in the arts and sciences has to maintain a sense of childlikeness to be truly inventive.

Teacher Arts Sense Maintain Sciences

Characters work really well when they're reflective of the times that they're operating in.

Brian Azzarello

Work Well Reflective Characters

I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody.

Brigitte Bardot

Hurt Never Wanted Anybody Knowingly

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Men Civilization Built Which Them

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