John Dunning Quotes

• We have the knowledge, resources, and capabilities to make global capitalism work in a more inclusive and socially responsible manner while retaining - indeed enhancing - its economic benefits.

  John Dunning

  Challenges, Inspire, Benefits

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• The world was getting dangerously crowded with crazy people.

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  Crazy, People, World

  John Dunning (2012). “The Bookman's Wake”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm doing what I like, why wouldn't I be happy? So what if it's not perfect, I don't believe in perfection. Maybe happy's as good as it gets.

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  Believe, Perfect, Good As It Gets

  John Dunning (2004). “The Bookman's Promise: A Cliff Janeway Novel”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

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• There is no better indicators of character than the books you have.

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  Book, Character, Indicators

  John Dunning (2004). “The Bookman's Promise: A Cliff Janeway Novel”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• What's that old cowboy saying? Never was a horse that couldn't be rode, never was a man who couldn't be throwed.

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  Horse, Cowboy, Men

  John Dunning (2006). “The Bookwoman's Last Fling: A Cliff Janeway Novel”, p.487, Simon and Schuster

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• The camera would miss it all. A magnificent picture is never worth a thousand perfect words. Ansel Adams can be a great artist, but he can never be Shakespeare. His tools are too literal.

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  Artist, Perfect, Missing

  John Dunning (2012). “The Bookman's Wake”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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• We're all running away. Some of us just don't get very far.

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  Running, Running Away

  John Dunning (2004). “Booked Twice: Booked to Die and The Bookman's Wake”, p.371, Simon and Schuster

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• This is why I am not religious. If and when we do learn the true secret of the universe, some kind of religion will be there to hide it. To cover it up. To persecute and shred, to burn and destroy. They stay in business by keeping us in the Dark Ages.

  John Dunning

  Religious, Dark, Ifs And

  John Dunning (2004). “The Bookman's Promise: A Cliff Janeway Novel”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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• The influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished.

  John Dunning

  Crowns, Influence, Ought

  Resolution passed in the House of Commons, 6 April, 1780, in 'Parliamentary History of England' (T. C. Hansard, 1814) vol. 21, col. 347

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