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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

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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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This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date..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.

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Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.

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Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas.

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A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.

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I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.

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Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch.

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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.

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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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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Author

Born: May 28th, 1908

Died: August 12th, 1964

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