Saul Bellow Quotes
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The only power you have is the word no.
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I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics, and readers that keep the world community of fiction interesting.
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Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.
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I don't get bothered by fans.
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Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'
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There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.
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I was born in the Midwest, where 'salad' was cherry Jell-O with bananas in it. Now children are more aware of healthy foods.
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You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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I have never looked at a child and been so angry that I flipped out.
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I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.
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Change is the one thing we can be sure of.
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God hears a mother's prayer.
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In the age of networked everything, life moves sideways and covers lots of ground while barely touching the earth.
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I love making lists.
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I really like doing puppetry; I'm not sure if it will find its way into 'Big Bang,' but it always does seem to find its way into a lot of things.
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They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say I'm dead.
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But I just loved looking at the clothes of the '70s.
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It is a natural gift I was born with but it's something I've had to nurture in training.
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With the Jews, the questions are always open; we're always questioning. I love that questioning tradition.
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One of the questions writers bump up against in their work, whether they know it or not, is about lying. Because fiction is a form of deceit, and one's abilities are measured by how convincingly one can persuade readers that these events really happened.
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Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his questions, to know his assessment of ourselves. For from his view we may indeed see the basic weaknesses of our own condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition.
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Readiness to answer all questions is the infallible sign of stupidity.
