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" You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face. "
Ian Fleming
Born
Death
Face
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" I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way. "
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He
Duty
" This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts. "
Ian Fleming
Moving
Days
Business
" One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about for a name for my protagonist I thought, 'My God, that's the dullest name I've ever heard,' so I appropriated it. Now the dullest name in the world has become an exciting one. "
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God
Birds
Bond
" Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time. "
Ian Fleming
Best
Always
Women
" A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle. "
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Uncomfortable
Middle
Horse
" I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. "
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Prolong
Days
Trying
" People do connect me with James Bond simply because I happen to like scrambled eggs and short-sleeved shirts and some of the things that James Bond does, but I certainly haven't got his guts nor his very lively appetites. "
Ian Fleming
Eggs
Happen
Me
" Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch. "
Ian Fleming
Like
Want
Woman
" A woman should be an illusion. "
Ian Fleming
Woman
Should
Illusion
" I was just on the edge of getting married, and I was frenzied at the prospect of this great step in my life after having been a bachelor for so long. And I really wanted to take my mind off of the agony, and so I decided to sit down and write a book. "
Ian Fleming
Book
Life
Great
" It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world. "
Ian Fleming
Men
World
Trouble
" Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life. "
Ian Fleming
Always
Never
Say
" Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired. "
Ian Fleming
Day
Book
Back
" As for sex, well, I mean sex is a perfectly respectable subject as far as Shakespeare is concerned. I mean, all history is love and violence. "
Ian Fleming
History
Love
Mean
" I'm not in the Shakespeare stakes. I have no ambition. "
Ian Fleming
Stakes
Shakespeare
Ambition
" Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other. "
Ian Fleming
People
Two
Together
" Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. "
Ian Fleming
Three
Coincidence
Action
" Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas. "
Ian Fleming
People
Good
Texas