Dick Francis
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1920-10-31
Quotes by Dick Francis
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But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day.
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Most people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb up is only a formality. Without that faith, I suppose, they might never start. Somewhere on the way they lift their eyes to the summit and know they aren't going to reach it; and happiness then is looking down and enjoying the view they've got, not envying the one they haven't.
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one should never assume anything
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Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.
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But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day.
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one should never assume anything
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Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.
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Most people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb up is only a formality. Without that faith, I suppose, they might never start. Somewhere on the way they lift their eyes to the summit and know they aren't going to reach it; and happiness then is looking down and enjoying the view they've got, not envying the one they haven't.
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I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would come to the know child.
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