Saul Bellow Quotes
Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
Quotes to Explore
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History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
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In winter, the Icelanders told the tales of the brave men of old in their families, and so the tradition was handed on from father to son, the same stories told every winter, till all the particulars became well known.
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There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.
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Great men marry great women.
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I don't know how many more times I'll be in New England again. But I leave coach Belichick and those guys with a salute: 'I love you guys. I miss you. I'm out.'
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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Part of my job as Children's Laureate is to visit schools and talk about my love of books and stories and encourage them all to do it as well - to read, to write, to never be afraid of their own voice. Because we all have something to say.
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Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.
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Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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You're not sick you're just in love.
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I love to go shopping and see what catches my eye.
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I love seeing when actors go from one genre to the next because I feel like most of them can pull it off.
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The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I'd love to do.
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There are no rules when it comes to love.
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The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.
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This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.
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What is a Poet? He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind; a man pleased with his own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him; delighting to contemplate similar volitions and passions as manifested in the goings-on of the universe, and habitually impelled to create them where he does not find them.
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The one that rambles for a million miles, yes, I walk down this road searching for your love.
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It took me to about maybe 16, 17 or 18 or something to realise I was absolutely useless at everything else except for playing guitar and writing words.
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I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.
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The album Blaxistential crisis artwork is by a friend of mine who is a brilliant artist named Sara Pocock. We've been friends for a couple of years and she worked with me on the animation. I believe she's still working over at BuzzFeed.
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
