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Welsh Author, Writer June 5, 1949

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We’re all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn’t count. It’s when you want so badly to do something wrong—when you’re about to make a fortune from a dishonest deal, or kiss the lovely lips of your neighbor’s wife, or tell a lie to get yourself out of terrible trouble—that’s when you need the rules. Your integrity is like a sword, he would say: you shouldn’t wave it until you’re about to put it to the test. Ken Follet
Ken Follet quote: "She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a..."
She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'... Ken Follet
Mam kissed Ethel and said: “I'm glad to see you settled at last, anyway,” That word ANYWAY carried a lot of baggage, Ethel thought. It meant: “Congratulations, even though you're a fallen woman, and you've got an illegitmate child whose father no one knows, and you're marrying a Jew, and living in London, which is the same as Sodom and Gomorrah.” But Ethel accepted Mam's qualified blessing and vowed never to say such things to her own child. Ken Follet
A wine cellar requires order, forethought and good taste,’ the old man used to say. ‘These are the virtues that made Britain great. Ken Follet
Ken Follet quote: "Your integrity is like a sword, he would say: you shouldn't..."
Your integrity is like a sword, he would say: you shouldn't wave it until you're about to put it to the test. Ken Follet
President Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it. Ken Follet

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