John Mortimer
John Mortimer
Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE, QC was an English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter, and author...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 April 1923
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I think it will bring together a few facets of the running community that weren't linked, ... Starting off with the mile and going up to the long distances, it could potentially link both ends of the spectrum.
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There are a lot of sacrifices involved in running and it can certainly be difficult at times,
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Dying is a matter of slapstick and pratfalls. The ageing process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over and runs off laughing. No one should grow old who isn't ready to appear ridiculous.
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Writing about the indignities of old age: the daunting stairway to the restaurant restroom, the benefits of a wheelchair in airports and its disadvantages at cocktail parties, giving the user what he described as a child's-eye view of the party and a crotch-level view of the guests. Dying is a matter of slapstick and pratfalls. The aging process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over and runs off laughing. No one should grow old who isn't ready to appear ridiculous.
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Attack the medical evidence. Remember the jury's full of rheumatism and arthritis and shocking gastric troubles. They love to see a medical man put through it.
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No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.
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She's certainly not a flash in the pan. She was highly recruited out of high school and went on to have a fantastic career at Kansas State, where she was a 12-time All-American.
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should recognize the true importance of a single moment in time, the instant when you are fully and completely alive.
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Where There's a Will: Thoughts on the Good Life.
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There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.
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He had his eyes open. We knew he was alive. He knew I was there.
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Children can spot pomposity, insincerity and self-regard a mile off and are the best possible antidote to such diseases.
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The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of the IRA, are committed by people who are totally sincere
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What obsesses a writer starting out on a lifetime's work is the panic-stricken search for a voice of his own.