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E. C. Bentley Quotes: The art of biography is different from geography. Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.
         

The art of biography is different from geography. Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.


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No two snowflakes are alike.

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I have been waiting a long time for this. It's been my dream forever. Now that it's a reality, I love it. I haven't been burnt out at all and I have a bunch of guys with me that feel the same way.



Ours is the age of substitutes: Instead of language we have jargon; instead of principles, slogans; and instead of genuine ideas, bright suggestions.

Ours is the age of substitutes: Instead of language we have jargon; instead of principles, slogans; and instead of genuine ideas, bright suggestions.



It is all very well to say that a man should play for the pure love of the game. Perhaps he ought, but to the working man it is impossible.

It is all very well to say that a man should play for the pure love of the game. Perhaps he ought, but to the working man it is impossible.



I'm thinking of you, that's all I do, all the time. You're always the first and the last thing on this heart of mine. No matter where I go, or what I do, I'm thinking of you.

I'm thinking of you, that's all I do, all the time. You're always the first and the last thing on this heart of mine. No matter where I go, or what I do, I'm thinking of you.



Of all the forms of water the tiny six-pointed crystals of ice called snow are incomparably the most beautiful and varied.

Of all the forms of water the tiny six-pointed crystals of ice called snow are incomparably the most beautiful and varied.



He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.

He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.



Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.

Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.



If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.

If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.



God's love, and hence the love with which we come to love God, is eros and agape at once: a desire for the other that delights in the distance of otherness.

God's love, and hence the love with which we come to love God, is eros and agape at once: a desire for the other that delights in the distance of otherness.





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Let me tell you, Alex. He's a crook. He's based here in Miami. He's a nasty piece of work." "He's mexican" Troy added.

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I always want to take everybody down! But I think you can do it with a smile on your face and be nice and talking to them. You don't have to be mean or rude.

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