"It's not easy making a living as a writer, and for many years I worked at a Waterstones in Dublin. It was a good environment for an aspiring writer, with lots of events and authors appearing."

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John Boyne

#Years Quotes #Events Quotes #Dublin Quotes

“Even as a young man, Vito Corleone became known as a "man of reasonableness." He never uttered a threat. He always used logic that proved to be irresistible. He always made certain that the other fellow got his share of profit. Nobody lost. He did this, of course, by obvious means. Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.”
“The Spirit continued to stir and declare, "You cannot be afraid to face the wolf at the door. Don't let the fear paralyze you. When you get in fear and get paralyzed, sometimes somebody has to come and get you. Whatever is swarming around you that thinks you are dead. you tell it that you are not dead! Tell the vultures you are not dead and that they have to move on! Say, 'Vultures, I am not the meal you thought I was going to be!”

Source : "EXTRA BULLETIN: Chuck Pierce: Stare Eye to Eye Until Your Enemy Retreats". www.elijahlist.com. November 13 , 2010.
“I wanted to make photographs in which everything was so complex and detailed that you could look at them forever and never see everything.”
“I'd make a better U.S. president than George W. Bush. Bush is an idiot. I'm a better public speaker than him. It makes you wonder about the voters.”
“Movies don't create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative.”
“Some people tell me that we professional players are soccer slaves. Well, if this is slavery, give me a life sentence.”

Source : 1960 Quoted in Peter Ball and Phil Shaw The Book of Football Quotations (1989).
“I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we're human beings, it's universal for everybody.”
“Being brave is not as easy as it looks.”

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