William Dalrymple Quotes
Mr William, he said, in my life six times have I crashed, and on not one occasion have I ever been killed.( Bevinda Singh taxi driver from City of Djinns
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Humorous writing is often thought of as substandard in comparison to work with a more dramatic or tragic intent. I don't know what to say to this except that I disagree wholeheartedly.
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No, I never had any dreams. The process of art is a dream in itself. The artist just doesn't... you work out something. It's yours. You don't have to go to sleep to do that. You do that on the canvas.
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No unborn baby has ever had the right to choose or deny its own destruction.
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I believe the President was enormously effective in small groups, small groups being anything under a hundred, where you could really communicate.
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He who considers himself a paragon of wisdom is sure to commit some superlatively stupid act.
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The Constitution was framed upon the theory that the peoples of the several states must sink or swim together, and that in the long run prosperity and salvation are in union and not division.
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There can never be enough writers anywhere in the world.
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The greatest encouragement is conveyed in prayer.
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My real hair color is kind of a dark blonde. Now I just have mood hair.
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If Manliness had a soundtrack, the score would be metal.
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Nothing could be easier than disturbing a status quo instituted by others; the real work of the sinister
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Equality is of two kinds, numerical and proportional; by the first I mean sameness of equality in number or size; by the second, equality of ratios.
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The Eyes are the organs of temptation, and the Ears are the organs of instruction.
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Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things We murder to dissect. Enough of Science and of Art; Close up these barren leaves; Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives.
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The European drivers have adapted to this circuit extremely quickly, especially Paul Radisich who's a New Zealander.
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Then he added, in an almost threatening tone: Without these rasping hands, professor, not a chair would exist, or a building, a car, nothing, not even you; if we workers stopped working everything would stop, the sky would fall to earth and the earth would shoot up the sky, the plants would take over the cities, the Arno would flood your fine houses, and only those who have always worked would know how to survive, and as for you two, you with all your books, the dogs would tear you to pieces.
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Mr William, he said, in my life six times have I crashed, and on not one occasion have I ever been killed.( Bevinda Singh taxi driver from City of Djinns
