Quotes 1141 till 1160 of 11281.
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An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.
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An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
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An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.
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An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy.
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An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.
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An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
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An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
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An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.
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An expensive arms race, under cover of the military metaphysic, and in a paranoid atmosphere of fright, is an economically attractive business. To many utopian capitalists, it has become the Business Way of American Life.
The Causes of World War Three (1960) -
An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
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An honor is not diminished for being shared.
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An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.
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An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but to each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others.
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An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information.
Year to Success -
An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.
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An often-repeated assertion in the body of film criticism I have written is the assertion that movies do not just mirror the culture of any given time; they also create it.
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An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it.
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