William Boyd Quotes

At a time when there's younger writers starting up and it's inevitable that you're becoming less fashionable, at a time when the industrial pressures apply more and more to books, how do you keep a book you wrote 28 years ago selling well year on year? Because it really is getting harder.

William Boyd

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Rock and roll kind of screwed up my voice poetically. I found myself having this 'Beat' voice in my poems. It was like this self-fulfilled prophecy because everybody was calling me this rock poet, this Beat poet.

Jim Carroll

MyselfMeVoiceRock And RollRock

As much as people want to call me a bomb-thrower, look at my record.

Joe Garcia

PeopleMeLookWantCallMuch

I know how to run a nationally paced campaign.

Jesse Jackson

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I knew there was something I had to do yesterday. I couldn't remember what it is. I can't figure it out. I know it's a holiday. I know I don't have a meeting. It's very confusing.

Jennifer Beals

RememberHolidayMeetingYesterday

This industry is tough on relationships. I've always thought that my wife should have a credit up alongside mine because I couldn't do what I do without her support.

Jeff Bridges

WifeSupportToughThoughtCredit

I have great striking, really great striking, and I hit very hard.

Robert Whittaker

GreatHardHitVeryStrikingReally

However, those who have used those words use half the sentence to fit their purpose, which, of course, I believe is to discredit me and the new Nation of Islam that has come up around me.

Louis Farrakhan

WordsPurposeMeBelieveNewIslam

Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present.

Janice Dickinson

MomPresentGrowYouGrow UpUp

I know I'm British. I haven't spent much time in the U.K., but my parents are British, my family heritage is British, so if I wasn't British, what would I be? I am British.

Chris Froome

FamilyTimeI AmParentsHeritage

I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.

William Landay

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I might survive a few days at sea. Probably not as long as Pi.

Suraj Sharma

SeaSurviveLongDaysMightFew

But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to be a pro ball player. But I found out real quick that was not going to happen.

Tim McGraw

SportsGrowing UpThinkGrowGrowing

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