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Don't listen to people telling you that getting up early is best. René Descartes is one of history's most important philosophers, but he rarely got out of bed before noon - and when he started getting up early for a new

Don't listen to people telling you that getting up early is best. René Descartes is one of history's most important philosophers, but he rarely got out of bed before noon - and when he started getting up early for a new job as a private tutor, it caused him to catch pneumonia and die.

Gideon Defoe
Jobs, Pneumonia, Up Early

This is what I like about life at sea. It’s one long voyage of discovery. Solid water! What will they think of next? Hopefully a pony who solves crimes.

Gideon Defoe
Thinking, Discovery, Sea
Gideon Defoe (2012). “The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists: Reissued”, p.12, A&C Black

You don't know what it is to live and laugh and love and run a man through! You've never tasted salty air on your tongue or waved heartily at a mermaid!

Gideon Defoe
Running, Men, Air
Gideon Defoe (2012). “The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics”, p.15, Bloomsbury Publishing

Anyhow, there simply isnt enough room in the museums Fishes Hall, so weve decided to pretend to the public that a whale is actually a mammal without any legs. Its pathetically ridiculous-I mean to say, just look at the thing, its a gigantic fish if I ever saw one-but mums the word! In my experience the public will believe just about anything, so long as you write it down on a little piece of card.

Gideon Defoe
Believe, Mean, Writing

That explains a lot,' he said. 'I suppose it's also why we've never glimpsed that giant compass in the corner of the Atlantic. I have to say, I'm a little disappointed.

Gideon Defoe
Giants, Littles, Compass
Gideon Defoe (2010). “The Pirates!: An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab”, p.47, Vintage

Here's your first problem," he said, pointing at a sentence. "'Religion is the opium of the people.' Well, I don't know about people, but I think you'll find that the opium of pirates is actual opium.

Gideon Defoe
Thinking, People, Pirate
Gideon Defoe (2012). “The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists: Reissued”, p.96, A&C Black

With a sound like a bat hitting a watermelon, pirate fist connected with pirate jaw and a gold tooth bounced across the deck.

Gideon Defoe
Gold Teeth, Pirate, Sound
Gideon Defoe (2010). “The Pirates!: An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab”, p.12, Vintage

I would like to tell you that I wrote my book to push back artistic boundaries. But I didn't. I wrote it to impress a girl.

Gideon Defoe
Girl, Book, Writing

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