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Francis Spufford Quotes

I was never argued out of faith; it was much more passive than that - and I wasn't argued back in, either.

Francis Spufford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: english
Birth: 1964

Topics

Faith Back More Never Out Passive

I was stuck in the benefits of being a known comedian.

Being Stuck Benefits Known Comedian

It is splendid to be supportive when you see those around you doing well, but blind praise is easier than harsh facts.

Facts Blind Doing You Praise See

What the manager says is what's important to me. What experts say doesn't interest me and never will. I know what I can do. I've not been playing at the top level for nothing. I've been successful.

Me I Can Know Important Say Manager

Don't let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don't like them.

Love Fear Believe In Yourself Be Kind

I think the public can t accept the idea that someone as inconsequential as Oswald could have killed someone as consequential as Kennedy. They don t want to believe the world is that chaotic. It is.

World Believe Think Someone Want

I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's a wonder now that I don't look like an old wallet. I'm a very fortunate person.

Sun Look Wonder Born Person Now

I've always treated money with respect, but I don't really think about money - I try to avoid it, because I don't like what money does to people. I find if you get too much money involved, people get corrupted.

Respect Money People Think You Find

Football is what, 15 years? I want to invest 100% of my life into the game, so when it's all said and done, I don't want to have regrets.

Life Football Game My Life Done

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Beauty Woman Mind Prison Body Cage

It is time for President Obama to admit that - in this new age of peer-to-peer terror - we need a real strategy to combat radicalization at home and destroy extremist safe havens abroad.

Home Age Time Strategy Admit New

Being a good parent will necessarily break our hearts as we watch a child grow and eventually choose their own way, even through many of the same heartbreaks we have traversed.

Good Child Parent Grow Choose Way

Usually I'll tell someone, for example, like their watch. If they have a watch on, I might say, 'In three minutes, I'd like to be wearing your watch. Do I have your permission?' Once they say yes, I play a little game with them as I'm interacting with them, and I steal their watch.

Game Someone Play Three Say Tell

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