V. S. Naipaul Quotes
Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be understanding but opinion. For true understanding has not only certain truth, but the knowledge of truth.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
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Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
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I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.
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I'm trying to equalise the world to say there is no high and low.
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There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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My awkward stage extended well into high school.
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.
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I have been dreaming of an outdoor world record forever. Now I want them all: the 1500, the 5000, even the 800.
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Copernicus stuck very closely to the facts, but in Kepler I invented freely, and it's a much better book because of that.
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A bunch of chairs lined up in front of a podium equals school.
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Hale looked at Macey, who added, "Seven minutes since shots fired." "Kat what's the emergency response tie in Midtown Manhattan?" "Not long enough if they want a clean exit," she told him. Macey hadn't heard Kat's words, but she looked at Hale like she'd read his mind.
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Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise.
