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.
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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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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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Normally when I read, I don't like music playing.
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I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.
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The emotional effects after Hurricane Katrina had started to dissipate. Then along came Rita.
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When I break any of the chains that bind me I feel that I make myself smaller.
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The creative process is often wrapped up in bottomless anxiety, and when the world applauds the product of that process, it soothes the anxiety. Briefly. Then the anxiety returns and even intensifies.
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Sweet music, and your secret heart. Both have the healing grace.
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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.
