- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
- Missed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I missed a whole cycle of childhood, but I've never used it as a device for self-pity.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eventually, all of our impressions will be dead. That's one of my favorite things about Paul F. Tompkins' 'Dead Authors' podcast is to be able to do impressions of people you've never otherwise think to do or get to do. I did Walt Whitman on there, and that was really fun.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm proud to have represented England in four World Cups but it was hugely frustrating that we never reached a semi-final or played to our ability.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Milestones have never really meant a lot. They probably will mean more when I've finished playing and actually reflect on what I have achieved.
- Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I dreamt of playing for Lancashire then but never really thought it would happen.
- Fellow Creatures
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
- Pity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never wanted anyone's pity.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
To us, there was Bob Dylan, and there was dad. As for what he meant to other people, that was never glorified in our house. There were no accolades there, no gold records.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.
- American People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020