David Daiches Quotes
Literature is man's exploration of man by artificial light, which is better than natural light because we can direct it where we want.
Quotes to Explore
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
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I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
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I didn't want to be one of those arty nutcases.
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We are a nation of immigrants, and if the truth be known, don't we need a whole lot of immigrants to be buying homes and to drive our economy and to take jobs that U.S. citizens don't want?
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The idea behind a dish - the delight and the surprise - makes a difference. Great literature surprises and delights, and provokes us. It isn't just 'Here's the facts - boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.' It's how you tell it.
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I'm the youngest of five girls, and I don't know about you, but it's really hard to be heard when you have five women. I've always been this loud and over the top as a person because I just want to be heard.
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I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.
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I want to know that I gave my 100 percent, and even if it doesn't work, you know that you gave everything, and you don't have to look at it and say... I could have gave more - that would break my heart.
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I want to play in as many theatres as possible, work with as many brilliant people as possible, but definitely do a new play.
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Literature is memory written down. All literature is memory.
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Just like all great stories, our fears focus our attention on a question that is as important in life as it is in literature: What will happen next?
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What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?
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I didn't want to be treated like a 'star.' I fought it constantly, and I think I was rude.
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I think the bottom line for Oregonians is that cleaner fuels mean cleaner air, and we need that, and we want that.
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I want to be in a stable relationship and have kids by the time I'm 30.
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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.
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I think if you're trying to be funny, sometimes you're bending a piece of metal in a direction it doesn't want to go. And sometimes comedy just needs to find itself.
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As a reader I want to be present and entertained. I don't want to be taught lessons, and I don't want to be spoken down to. I want to be treated as a peer and to be made to feel welcome.
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Is it security you want? There is no security at the top of the world.
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Maybe it's because I'm English, but in terms of how people perceive us I only pick up on the negative side of it.
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Went to church and fasted all day.
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Something even minor I do is going to be reported because of things that have happened in the past. You have to be aware of that.
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In the cloud, customers don't want a six-month contract negotiation; that concept is absurd when you can implement a cloud-based suite from beginning to end in a month or a few months.
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Literature is man's exploration of man by artificial light, which is better than natural light because we can direct it where we want.
