Clive Bell Quotes
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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Society becomes how we behave.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.
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When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.
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I didn't just get to 75 years by tiptoeing. I had to work hard sometimes.
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I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.
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Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more good science fiction than anyone else alive.
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Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
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I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.
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If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.
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The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.
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If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people also occurred to me. I'd be astonished if anyone could come up with any truly original powers that were at all interesting any more.
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I've done fairly well as a performer and a DJ in the U.K., so 'Game of Thrones' really just opened up a whole new market for me.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.
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We have no other means of recognising a work of art than our feeling for it.
