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Dick Francis  Quotes
The dignity of man was everywhere tissue-paper thin.

—Dick Francis

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Dignity
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I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred of self-respect, it was enough to take you through the next...

—Dick Francis

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EnduranceLifeSelf-Respect
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It’s people with obsessions who do the real harm in the world.

—Dick Francis

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Obsession
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Never ever make a joke to the police, they have no sense of humour. Never make a political joke, it will always be considered an insult. Always remember that umbrage can be taken by the...

—Dick Francis

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InsultJokeOffence
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Oh, what an attractive room!” even if you think it’s hideous.

—Dick Francis

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HypocrisyPolitenessPoliticians
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Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.

—Dick Francis

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HumorParaphrasedWeirdness
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Silly,’ he said with mock serenity, ‘isn’t a word you should ever apply to people. They may be totally stupid, in fact, but if you call them silly you’ve lost their vote.

—Dick Francis

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PoliticiansSillinessStupidity
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one should never assume anything

—Dick Francis

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InspirationalWisdom
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Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they don’t apply to you.

—Dick Francis

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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...

—Dick Francis

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HappinessJobLife
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Historically, more people have died of religion than cancer.

—Dick Francis

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But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day.

—Dick Francis

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DreamsEnduranceLife
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In all income groups you find your average regulation slob who sniggers at anarchy but calls the police indignantly to his burglarized home, who is actively anti-authority until he needs to be saved from someone...

—Dick Francis

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People always kill Caesar. Don’t trust anyone.

—Dick Francis

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PoliticiansTrust
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Love’s easy to learn. It’s like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time you feel terrifically exhilarated and all your inhibitions fly out the...

—Dick Francis

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Life has a way of kicking one along like a football, or so I’ve found. Fate had never dealt me personally a particularly easy time, but that was OK, that was normal. Most people, it...

—Dick Francis

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FateLifeSurvival
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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.

—Dick Francis

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how very interesting” and change the subject.

—Dick Francis

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LiesTruth
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I am firmly against women riding in National Hunt races.

—Dick Francis

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But people as a rule believe only what they want to believe, and if you tell them anything else they’ll call you a trouble-maker and get rid of you and never give you your job...

—Dick Francis

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LiesTruth
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It was a terrible day. I can only console myself with the fact that if it hadn’t happened I wouldn’t have written a book. As a result I was asked to write my autobiography.

—Dick Francis

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