M. R. James Quotes

I heard one cry in the night, and I heard one laugh afterwards. If I cannot forget that, I shall not be able to sleep again.

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• I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Kids
  • Independent
  • Popular

• I'd love to work with David Lynch. I'm such a big fan. He's a genius.

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • Work
  • Love
  • Genius

• 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' is a masterpiece because it is an episodic novel that has a rigorous form - an unprecedented combination. From the very beginning we know the town of Macondo will endure only a century, so there is a limit to the length of the narrative.

  

  Edmund White
  • Beginning
  • Solitude
  • Limit

• It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.

  

  Rafael Correa
  • People
  • Up
  • Believe

• When you have too much scheme, sometimes it's hard to work on all the things you have to, and you can make effort the top priority of your game.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Work
  • Game
  • Effort

• There were a lot of offers before 'Vicky Donor,' but I wanted to wait for the right opportunity.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Opportunity
  • Right
  • Wait

• Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.

  

  Ja Rule
  • Kids
  • Inspiration
  • Model

• The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • God
  • Feeling
  • Journey

• There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

  

  E. W. Howe
  • Men
  • Man
  • Living

• Sometimes people ask me how difficult the astronaut program was, but being in Sierra Leone, being responsible for the health of more than 200 people, seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at age 26 - that prepared me to take on a lot of different challenges.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • People
  • Different
  • Age

• Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Mother
  • Boy
  • Bring

• There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • People
  • Society
  • Eye

• Mostly, I just write about feelings that people can relate to. Because, yeah, I don't know who I am, and this is not my sound forever... I'm a human, so hopefully, I will always develop.

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Feelings
  • Write
  • Sound

• No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction.

  

  Fay Weldon
  • Happy
  • Man
  • Never

• He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Strong
  • Strength
  • Others

• The U.N. might not be the most luxurious place to work, but it certainly is one of the most important places in the world.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • World
  • Work
  • Important

• And sometimes you have to go above the written law, I believe.

  

  Fawn Hall
  • Believe
  • Law
  • I Believe

• The word 'cancer' carries with it enormous fear, fear for the future, fear for family.

  

  Wayne Swan
  • Family
  • Future
  • Fear

• Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.

  

  James Russell Lowell
  • Good
  • Truth
  • Evil

• I can get along great with the Hispanics. In fact, I sure would like to meet them, even the politicians, maybe in the back room or whatever, have a couple of beers and try to explain. But they need to understand that I enforce the laws. I want to listen to them and hear their problems. I want them to tell me what their problems are.

  

  Joe Arpaio
  • Great
  • Couple

• The Jews who have arrived would nearly all like to remain here.

  

  Peter Stuyvesant

• It seems that's where Bill Clinton came in last night because he told this long story about how they met with Hillary Clinton, how he courted her, how he bought a house to convince her, I think after the third proposal, to actually marry him. And he talked about her activism and her commitment and everything. And it was as if he could tell the narrative in a way that she couldn't.

  

  Terry Gross
  • Thinking
  • Long
  • House

• If you wish to heal your own sadness or anger, seek to heal the sadness or anger of another. Those others are waiting for you now. They are looking to you for guidance, for help, for courage, for strength, for understanding, and for assurance at this hour. Most of all, they are looking to you for love.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Help
  • Wish
  • Understanding

• I heard one cry in the night, and I heard one laugh afterwards. If I cannot forget that, I shall not be able to sleep again.

  

  M. R. James
  • Night
  • Sleep