V. S. Naipaul Quotes
I still think it's really quite wonderful when I read a sentence of mine and it has that quality of lastingness.
Quotes to Explore
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Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.
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What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
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No, I don't think my generation got into this dinosaur thing.
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When you a darker brunette and have pale skin like I do, it can wash you out a bit, so learning to contour is really helpful. I think you can be a bit more bold with eye makeup to define your eyes, and the same with lip colors - you can go for dark wine colors, which I love.
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I have an abundance of enthusiasm; however, it would be foolish to think I can predict a future that doesn't exist.
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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
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I think the fossil fuel industry is genuinely freaked out by the combination of the price collapse, the divestment movement, and that fact that renewable energy is getting so cheap so fast.
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I think we can leave mullets back in the '80s. I'm really not a big fan of them.
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I don't think arrested-adolescent humor will fade. Maybe the form will change, but I guarantee its replacement will still be based in immature behavior from mature figures.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life.
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This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.
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I think legally we have to do 'fun' with a period. I think we agreed because apparently there was another band called 'fun.' We Google-searched, which now makes sense because we're so impossible to Google-search.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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I used to have to beg and borrow £25 to hire some French windows. I started producing in 1967, and I was in debt until 1981. Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.
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I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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It is perhaps common in the world for individuals and nations to suffer for their noble qualities more than for their ignoble ones. For nobility is an occasion for pride, the most treacherous of sentiments.
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Your cousin might be a pretty face, but you, my darling, courageous, maddening, seductive, mysterious, wonderful Diana, you are the Duchess of Wakefield. My duchess.
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It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.
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Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done.
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The liberal feminist movement never imagined that women would take seriously the encouragement to become our own heroes and claim life for ourselves, on our terms, no matter who we are. Pro-choice and pro-life, Christian and not, poor and rich, black, white, gay and straight. It is a dream we all hold dear, and it's called the Tea Party.
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I still think it's really quite wonderful when I read a sentence of mine and it has that quality of lastingness.
