Quotes with sentimentality

  • The sight of a Black nun strikes their sentimentality; and, as I am unalterably rooted in native ground, they consider me a work of primitive art, housed in a magical color; the incarnation of civilized, anti-heathenism, and the fruit of a triumphing idea.

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  • William S. Burroughs In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • Arthur Ochs Sulzberger In dread fear of sentimentality, another thing true is not said-that for its staff the paper is a source of pride and, I do believe, an object of affection and-yes, love.
    Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
    American journalist
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  • Graham Greene Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.
    Graham Greene
    English writer (1904 - 1991)
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  • William Somerset Maugham Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Benjamin Mkapa The idea of African brotherhood is often just a cover-up for laziness. We must see what is achievable in our circumstances and evaluate all decisions. In terms of regional economic integration, sentimentality is not enough. We really have to be frank and honest.
    September 1999
    Benjamin Mkapa
    Tanzanian politician (1938 - 2020)
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  • Milan Kundera The only relationship that can make both partners happy is one in which sentimentality has no place and neither partner makes any claim on the life and freedom of the other.
    De ondraaglijke lichtheid van het bestaan (1984)
    Milan Kundera
    Tsjech writer and criticus (1929 - 2023)
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  • Alice Walker The sight of a Black nun strikes their sentimentality; and, as I am unalterably rooted in native ground, they consider me a work of primitive art, housed in a magical color; the incarnation of civilized, anti-heathenism, and the fruit of a triumphing idea.
    Alice Walker
    American Author, Critic (1944 - 1982)
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  • Alice Hamilton When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression that here was a subject tainted with Socialism or with feminine sentimentality for the poor.
    Alice Hamilton
    American physician, research scientist, and author (1869 - 1970)
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