Alain Robbe-Grillet Quotes
When a novelist has “something to say,” they mean a message. It has political connotations, or a religious message, or a moral prescription. It means “commitment,” as used by Sartre and other fellow-travelers. They are saying that the writer has a world view, a sort of truth that he wishes to communicate, and that his writing has an ulterior significance. I am against this.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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If we despond, public confidence is destroyed, the people will no longer yield their support to a hopeless contest, and American liberty is no more. Through the darkness which shrouds our prospects, the ark of safety is visible. Despondency becomes not the dignity of our cause, nor the character of those who are its supporters.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together.
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Understanding the importance of evolving is very important. Reinventing is very important. To break what you have already done is very important. That growth should never stop.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.
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God blessed me with two unbelievable parents, and I am just like both of them. I have the smile and charisma of my mother and the big heart of my mom, because she wants to save the world and help the world, so I am just like her.
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Religion and slavery are incompatible.
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I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music.
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Hair wax is my go-to. When it comes to shampoo, I use whatever is at the rink.
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When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
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I couldn't believe verse was supposed to be hard. It was a snap for me. I loved Shakespeare.
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While taking sign language in high school, one of our assignments was to go out and participate in the deaf community, so I really got to know a lot of the group from that. I felt like they needed a little bit more of a voice because people treat them different just because they're hearing impaired.
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I have climbed Everest from the Nepal route and the China route. The other routes are too hard for me. So I don't think I can climb Everest again.
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The only journey is the one within.
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I think everyone can recognize the one-upmanship and the competition that go on wherever you are, especially among groups where the women don't have to hold down office jobs and instead get in a total snit about who won the longest carrot contest or took first prize for summer chutney in the August fete.
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Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.
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I came from the Groundlings Theatre in L.A., and there, you're guaranteed to at least try something out in front of an audience. At 'SNL,' only the best stuff gets picked, and it's taught me a very defined language of comedy. You learn the structure of a joke, which is not something I was very good at beforehand.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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I think every writer lives for the thought that there will be a moment when somebody reads something on the page and says, "Yes!"
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The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change.
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When a novelist has “something to say,” they mean a message. It has political connotations, or a religious message, or a moral prescription. It means “commitment,” as used by Sartre and other fellow-travelers. They are saying that the writer has a world view, a sort of truth that he wishes to communicate, and that his writing has an ulterior significance. I am against this.
