Quote by John Cheever
When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They wer

When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places. – John Cheever

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All literary men are Red Sox fans – to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life. – John Cheever

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A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbeys gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind. – John Cheever

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Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd. – Clive Owen

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I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Quran easily at the age of five. – Akhmad Kadyrov

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Im just a public-schoolboy. Ive got a degree. Im from a middle-class family in Devon. Ive got no story. – Chris Martin

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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. – Francis of Assisi

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