Wilbur Smith Quotes

I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight, my parents sent me to a boarding school in South Africa. It was the equivalent of a British public school with cold showers, beatings and rotten food. But what it also had was a library full of books.

Wilbur Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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GreatFoodSchoolParentsMeGold

The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.

John James Audubon

BeautifulArtMoreWorseDidWere

Individually, museums are fine institutions, dedicated to the high values of preservation, education and truth; collectively, their growth in numbers points to the imaginative death of this country.

Robert Hewison

EducationGrowthTruthDeathValues

Americans want a nation-state: our own country with a history of freedom combined with responsibility.

Jeanine Pirro

FreedomHistoryResponsibilityWant

I think science has begun to demonstrate that aging is a disease. If it is, it can be cured.

Tom Robbins

ScienceAgingThinkDiseaseI Think

Let me tell you who we conservatives are: we love people. When we look out over the United States of America, when we are anywhere, when we see a group of people, such as this or anywhere, we see Americans. We see human beings. We don't see groups. We don't see victims.

Rush Limbaugh

LovePeopleMeAmericaYouLook

Hollywood was possible for a while! Why didn't I go along with it? Well, the other things that were pulling me back were more important. Being at home, being in the same marriage, these things enabled me to go off and travel in the first place.

Michael Palin

MarriageHomeTravelMeBackPlace

I worked with Ice-T, Ice Cube, and Tupac! But Tupac was the sweetest man in the world. That whole thug thing was an act - it was silly and dumb. He was a complete gentleman and one of the kindest men I've ever met.

Lori Petty

MenManWorldGentlemanIceDumb

Many students graduate from college and professional schools, including those of social work, nursing, medicine, teaching and law, with crushing debt burdens.

Jon Porter

WorkCollegeLawMedicineDebt

We're a gumbo of American music, and aren't ashamed to play pop or soul or rock because we all grew up on radio.

Jonathan Cain

MusicSoulAmericanPlayRockRadio

It's an institution that was born with my brother Chetan and me. I did it for him. I was becoming a big star in the late 1940s, and he needed a company to make films. So when he left Navketan, I brought in Goldie, and when Goldie left, I carried on alone. No book on Indian cinema is complete without mention of Navketan.

Dev Anand

AloneBrotherMeBookCinemaBorn

When I was 4, I had a schedule. I was playing softball. My brother was playing football. My parents were teachers, and they'd owned businesses. We like to work hard. Work and then books. Books and then work. We just knew that we had to excel. It sounds militant, but trust me, it was fun.

Dawn Richard

WorkHard WorkTrustFootballFun

I get to listen and enjoy music that is partially mine. Maybe influenced and guided. I created some simple outlines, but ultimately, I'm hearing a derivative work.

Deadmau5

WorkMusicSimpleEnjoyListenGet

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