Anita Brookner Quotes

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed.

Anita Brookner

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WritingStartLearnYouKnowNever

Home is the center of life. It's the wellspring of personhood. It's where we say we're ourselves.

Matthew Desmond

LifeHomeSayCenterWhere

I sometimes feel like it's my world and everyone is just visiting.

Alyssa Edwards

WorldFeelSometimesEveryoneJust

I'm a very conservative businessman. I don't work on credit. My father was the guy who taught me how to think straight, not to delude myself and think I was larger than I was.

Stephen J. Cannell

WorkFatherMyselfMeThinkCredit

George Clooney, who is a moron, came here to Cannes and gave a press conference saying, 'Under no circumstances will Trump ever be president. Hillary Clinton will be the next president.' Well, we can't wait to make George Clooney eat his words.

Steve Bannon

WordsWaitSayingCircumstancesWill

The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.

Russell M. Nelson

LifeLoveDeathWaySorrowOut

The commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' does not say it's O.K. to kill some people and not others.

Marvin Harris

PeopleSayOthersSome PeopleSome

The moment seemed right to me for a full and, if possible, authoritative portrait of the life and character of the Prince of Wales.

Jonathan Dimbleby

LifeCharacterMomentMePortrait

It's like whether you're in a huge movie or you've just recorded an incredible album you've got to do the next thing, and that's part of being an artist.

Brad Garrett

YouArtistNextBeingGotJust

You go to any MBA program, and you will be taught the theory of the firm, that the purpose of the firm is the maximization of return on invested capital. I always thought this was a kind of lunacy.

Peter Senge

PurposeThoughtYouGoKindWill

I admire American literature, both contemporary and classic - 'Moby-Dick' is just about the best book in the world - and I admire British literature for its insistence on dealing with social class. It may have been an influence.

Per Petterson

BestInfluenceWorldBookAmerican

To cover politics in Washington allows you to live in the very, very wide gap between what the actual truth is, and how people are trying to manipulate the truth. They speak in the language of spin, obsequiousness, obfuscation. The meta of politics is just this endless source of material that can shed light on the psychology of the process.

Mark Leibovich

LiveTruthLightPoliticsPeople

I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation.

Liam Neeson

PreparationLookingPictureYouKnow

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