Jim Bailey quotes
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“Of all the great heavyweights of modern times, Joe Frazier was the unluckiest. He had to share an era with both Ali and Foreman.”
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“If there be no place for wild bison in all of Montana, then surely we have crossed a line between the Last Best Place and the the Once Best Place.”
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“The qualities that made for success in a fighter-pilot seemed to be just those sturdy qualities that made for success in other professions; observation, initiative, determination, courage, including the courage to run away. In course of time it appeared that men who had a private axe to grind beyond the public axe of the King's enemies were especially successful.”
-- Jim BaileySource : Jim Bailey (2013). “The Sky Suspended: A Fighter Pilot's Story”, p.37, A&C Black
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Source : "Edward St Aubyn: 'Writing is horrible'". Interview with Stephen Moss, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2011.
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“I've been knocked down more than any heavyweight champion in history.”
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“Youth is not the era of wisdom; let us therefore have due consideration.”
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“An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted.”
Source : "The Year it Came Apart". New York magazine, Vol. 8, No. 1, p. 30, December 30, 1974 - January 6, 1975.
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“I am probably the biggest equity investor in the history of modern Russia.”
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