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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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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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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It makes no difference who or what you are, old or young, black or white, pagan, Jew, or Christian, I want to love you all and be loved by you all, and I mean to have your love.
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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 write about whatever turns up. Every single day, I'm sitting down for three to five hours in the evenings wrestling away and producing far too much verse.
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Nonprofits are the intermediaries between generosity and social change.
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There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn't greedy. It was mine, my girl's, my mom's. I got Benzes for my ladies. But I felt crazy. You have to understand I come from a world where we're very modest. But that's not greedy. That's nice, right?
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A lot of young actors will do a scene and then run off and look at themselves. I don't believe in that at all.
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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.
