Allan Wolf Quotes

#1. The points are not the point; the point is poetry.

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#2. Man's fatal flaw is misplaced optimism.

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#3. Is it God? Did God set up the dominoes and wait for some human to flick the first one? Or is it the opposite way around? Did humans set them up so God could do the flicking?

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#4. Ha. If given a choice of dodging a bullet or stepping in its way, I'll choose dodging when I can. Anyway, to face death, you only need a dram of courage. To face life you need a good deal more.

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#5. Life unravels as it's lived. It can't be woven back together.

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#6. Thank God (my wife) and I were both born poor
so the concept of fidelity was allowed to take root in us.

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#7. Thank you. You're a kind person. It doesn't cost anything to be kind. People forget. Kindness doesn't cost a dime.

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#8. But most are fueled by hope.

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#9. In vogue and cosmopolitan they clutch their Pomeranians and walk among the millionaires or watch from swayback steamer chairs

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#10. You want coffees with your Happy Meals?
Yes, we want coffee with our Happy Meals. It makes them more happy.

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#11. Marriage without struggle is like an unfired clay pot.
It is easily made, but it will not stand the test of time.

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#12. Some folks is meant to make excuses. Some folks is meant to make history.

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#13. My aim in writing The Watch That Ends the Night was not to present history. My aim was to present humanity. The people represented in this book lived and breathed and loved. They were as real as you or me. They could have been any one of us.

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