Kingsley Amis Quotes
We should be wrong to demand that a critic must stay on the point all the time; it is enough if he remains in orbit around it.
Quotes to Explore
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a cake, I'll eat it slowly, and I save most of the money I have.
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Obamacare is going to destroy the elderly by denying care, by even perhaps denying treatment to people who are in catastrophic circumstances.
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Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
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There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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Business today consists in persuading crowds.
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The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic.
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The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.
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Any idealism is a proper subject for art.
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Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
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Miguel has this Prince, Marvin Gaye, old-school feel that I love.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I'm never gonna change the skin, right? I'm very proud of what it implies and what it has meant to me... but then again, in Congress, I hope to make my mark as a colleague and as a leader.
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I've got a great eye for color. I'm like a chick.
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Sometimes I feel that the people I'm writing are more real to me than the people around me. When you take that imaginative leap, you're living so much in that world.
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People are really paying attention to the comic-book genre, and there's a lot of time and attention being invested in these projects with a wonderful sense of quality control.
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I don't ever think about the roads I didn't take because I spend too much time thinking what's ahead. I don't go backwards.
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Time magazine reported him as speaking of "upsetting the apple tart".
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Being raised in Iowa, I know what a cornfield does for me, and I wanted to have that same kind of feeling for the Ramapo Mountains.
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The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.
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We should be wrong to demand that a critic must stay on the point all the time; it is enough if he remains in orbit around it.
