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It's a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full.

Wilbur Smith

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Wilbur Smith
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 9
Mathematician
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Broken Hill
Wilbur Addison Smith
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The really disturbing thing about Somalia is that in a country where there are few economic opportunities, pirates are perceived as glamorous and are held in awe by young boys who aspire to their lifestyle.
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Litigation only makes lawyers fat.
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History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead.
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Let it simply be said that we know more about the details of the hours immediately before and the actual death of Jesus, in and near Jerusalem, than we know about the death of any other one man in all the ancient world.
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I don't want children. Why should I let some strange little monster into my life to destroy what to me is a perfect set-up?
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I know it's politically incorrect but I enjoy things like the kick boxing and cock fighting.
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Politicians all over the world cater to domestic vote banks. They will spend only on what their constituents want. So unless there is a grass root green movement in a nation the politicians will not be willing to spend money on curbing emissions. More awareness is needed amongst the people to effect the real change in how governments spend.
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My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.
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I want to be seen as a good storyteller. I'm a manipulator as well.
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You don't turn out as many books as I did then by sitting around, being cozy with the family.
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I go on a hunting safari at least once a year to Botswana, which is fantastic because we have a huge area of wilderness entirely to ourselves. My island covers roughly 55 acres, which again I have to myself, with nearly half a kilometre of private beach with my own jetties and boats.
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Despite the fact that I spend a lot of time in London, Switzerland and New York, Africa is the place I know and love best, and my heart will always lie here.
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I shot my first lion at the age of 14 when a pride threatened my father's livestock while he was away on holiday.
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I am a closet birdwatcher. I can identify Southern African species, but it irks me I can barely tell a jay from a blackbird in the U.K.
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I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes.
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A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black people in poor countries to put into Swiss bank accounts.
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I think one of the most poignant things is unrequited love and loneliness.
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Every time one of my books sells a million copies in paperback, Pan Macmillan gives me a gold statuette of Pan. I have about 20 of them.
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I love the sea as much as I love the veldt of Africa.
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I have never had too much trouble for creative ideas to spring up in my mind.
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