Alain Robbe-Grillet Quotes
The art of the novel, however, has fallen into such a state of stagnation - a lassitude acknowledged and discussed by the whole of critical opinion - that it is hard to imagine such an art can survive for long without some radical change. To many, the solution seems simple enough: such a change being impossible, the art of the novel is dying.

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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.
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As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. 'Pears like I didn't do nothing but pray for ole master. 'Oh, Lord, convert ole master;' 'Oh, dear Lord, change dat man's heart, and make him a Christian.'
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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I think that Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena and Valentina Shevchenko... they've showed how much this level has gone up in female fighting in a very short period of time.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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Some people don't understand that I - as an artist and a person - I want to make my own decisions and create the music that I personally like.
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want.
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I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.
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A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
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Working on a film is so great because you have the luxury of more time when you're on a movie than when you're on television.
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I used to spend my holidays there in my grandparents' large family house, with my numerous cousins. When I die, I am going to be buried in the village cemetery.
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I am a firm believer that any legitimate government has to be based on rule of law and a recognition that all people are equal under the law.
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I went to church irregularly and was mostly reading comics in the pew.
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Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent.
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I think the Bush Administration was bound and determined on regime change, and we will be paying the price of that for some time to come.
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The art of the novel, however, has fallen into such a state of stagnation - a lassitude acknowledged and discussed by the whole of critical opinion - that it is hard to imagine such an art can survive for long without some radical change. To many, the solution seems simple enough: such a change being impossible, the art of the novel is dying.