Wilbur Smith Quotes

People don't really know themselves until they're 30. Like most people nowadays, I went to university, got a degree and wandered for a bit. I trained to be a chartered accountant, which I didn't much enjoy, and it was only slowly that the idea of becoming a creative writer gelled.

Wilbur Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
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  • Birth: January 9, 1933

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What I see for the band by the end of this year is the Complex live at the Montreux Jazz Festival. I want my guys to be comfortable. I'm certainly not in this for the money, but I'd really like to see my guys make some money off of this stuff.

Jimmy Chamberlin

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If you can't handle the responsibility of a hit single, don't write one.

Joe Elliott

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I've worked with Judd since 'Undeclared,' and once you work with Judd you never stop working with Judd.

Jennifer Konner

WorkYouStopNeverNever StopOnce

People who are more isolated than they want to be from others find that they are less happy, their health declines earlier in midlife, their brain functioning declines sooner, and they live shorter lives than people who are not lonely.

Robert J. Waldinger

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I'm not driven. I love writing. My imagination is always working. I write when I have time, and life allows me the time.

Max Apple

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The man who realizes his ignorance has taken the first step toward knowledge.

Max Heindel

KnowledgeIgnoranceManStepFirst

People want to call me racist for doing the Bon Qui Qui character, and I'm like, 'Look, Bon Qui Qui is a representation of a hood chick. That's it.' There are lots of hood chicks out there: some are black, some are Mexican, some are Salvadorian, and some are white.

Anjelah Johnson

CharacterPeopleMeBlackDoingOut

I'm realistic about my age and realistic about the fact that there's an awful lot less in front of me than there is behind me. I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist.

Roger Daltrey

LifeLiveMusicAgeArtMe

You cannot only be remembered by scoring goals; you want to be remembered by winning trophies.

Romelu Lukaku

GoalsWinningYouWantRemembered

I can't complain about my life. I have a really nice life. I have a great family and I live in a gorgeous part of the country.

Mary Decker

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Americans have decided to be stupid and shallow since 1980.

Joni Mitchell

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It takes 300 years, it seems, for the great bands to get their due.

Clea Duvall

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