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William Boyd Quotes

It's strange; when I was younger and people would ask, 'Where are you from?', I'd say, 'West Africa', which was odd because I'm obviously not African, but it was my home.

William Boyd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: british
Birth: March 7, 1952

Topics

Home People You Say Strange Africa

The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous.

Jesse Eisenberg

Famous Way Being Famous Being Off

We hear so much about weapons of mass destruction. But nine out of 10 war victims are killed by guns. It's the AK-47 that's a weapon of mass destruction.

Andrew Niccol

War Out Guns Destruction Weapon

So from a long time ago, every year 700,000 Mexicans have only three routes to take: migration, the informal economy and the path to antisocial behavior.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Path Time Behavior Year Long Three

If I put a value on my music, and no one's prepared to pay that, then more fool me, but the idea that the value is created by the consumer is an idiot plan; it can't work.

Robert Smith

Work Music Fool Value Me Plan

By the time of the Civil War, there were many kinds of apples growing across the United States, but most of them didn't taste very good, and as a rule, people didn't eat them. Cider was cheaper to make than beer, and many settlers believed fermented drinks were safer than water. Everyone drank hard cider.

John Seabrook

Good Time Water War Beer People

I made my money in Iscar. I spend my money on the industrial parks.

Stef Wertheimer

Money Industrial Made Parks Spend

I took my children to see 'Son of Rambow,' about two boys who make a home movie with a video camera. When you have children, culturally you become involved in their life.

Sophie Thompson

Life Home Son Children Camera You

Maybe I just look at things as a humanist: I like looking at people in a realistic way more than looking at them in a positive way.

Stromae

Positive People Looking Look Way

Well, the senators I've enjoyed working with the most would be Ted Kennedy and Kent Conrad, because they were both either chairman or ranking member of the committee I was chairman or ranking member of. And in both instances they were just great people to work with.

Judd Gregg

Work Great People Great People Well

I don't think tablets are where we should be focused. But I do think they could end up being an efficient way of delivering textbooks. They're just not really that, yet. There's all sorts of poisons and mined minerals and carnage that goes on to make a tablet. Way more than to print a book. Or a bunch of books.

Douglas Rushkoff

Book Think End Focused Way More

One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly.

Conor Oberst

Work American Him Inspired Modern

Wakanda was allowed to develop freely, specifically on its own. Wakanda pushed back all the invaders. So they maintained all their traditions; they maintained all their styles.

Brian Stelfreeze

Back Own Traditions Develop Pushed