V. S. Pritchett Quotes
On one plane, the very great writers and the popular romancers of the lower order always meet. They use all of themselves, helplessly, unselectively. They are above the primness and good taste of declining to give themselves away.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.
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I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.
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Twitter should ban my mother.
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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It's hard to pick out one particular wrestler.
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There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible.
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
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I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.
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No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.
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I don't care how busy I am - I will always make time for what's most important to me.
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Our subconscious works in metaphors, stories, and word play. That's why a particular story or movie may mean more to some people than to others. Have you considered why you quest for this tale now?
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I would rather five people knew my work and thought it was good work than five million knew me and were indifferent.
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All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not great truths.
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The wise are wise only because they love.
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On one plane, the very great writers and the popular romancers of the lower order always meet. They use all of themselves, helplessly, unselectively. They are above the primness and good taste of declining to give themselves away.
