Dick Francis
Dick Francis
Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis CBE FRSLwas a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer, whose novels centre on horse racing in England...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionHorse Jockey
Date of Birth31 October 1920
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In all income groups you find your average regulation slob who sniggers at anarchy but calls the police indignantly to his burglarized home, who is actively anti-authority until he needs to be saved from someone with a gun.
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I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would come to the know child.
heart jockeys fence
A jump jockey has to throw his heart over the fence - and then go over and catch it.
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Good manners are a sign of strength.
cancer people died
Historically, more people have died of religion than cancer.
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Look at everything upside down.Take absolutely nothing for granted.
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I'd always found goodness more interesting then evil, though I was aware this wasn't the most general view. To my mind, it took more work and more courage to be good, an opinion continually reinforced by my own shortcomings.