Walter Kaufmann Quotes
The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
Walter Kaufmann
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Any talk of me engaging in a conspiracy against Pakistan is completely baseless.
Malala Yousafzai
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What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God's grace, I will do.
Saint Ignatius
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I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
Paddy Considine
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I was, like, a total cliched '80s child. I had Barbies, obviously, as well as My Little Ponies and Cabbage Patch Kids, but I used to destroy them. I used to draw all over their faces and cut off their hair.
Natalie Portman
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I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
Orson Welles
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The past is the beginning of the beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.
H. G. Wells
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She with one breath attunes the spheres, And also my poor human heart.
Henry David Thoreau
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Why would anyone be interested in my little personal story if we can do without Homer's or Shakespeare's? Someone who truly loves literature is like a person of faith. The believer knows very well that there is nothing at all at the bureau of vital statistics about the Jesus that truly counts for him.
Elena Ferrante
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It's a dream part, running around with guns, being an agent.
Lexa Doig
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Now we have no God. We have had two: the old God that our fathers handed down to us, that we hated, and never liked; the new one that we made for ourselves, that we loved; but now he has flitted away from us, and we see what he was made of - the shadow of our highest ideal, crowned and throned. Now we have no God.
Olive Schreiner
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Old age is the time when birthday candles cost more than the birthday cake itself, and half of your urine is wasted on medical testing.
Faina Ranevskaya
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
Walter Kaufmann