John Ralston Saul Quotes

In my mind, there's not a great difference between what people call fiction and non-fiction. So in that sense, I'm like an early-18th-century person. I actually believe there's one way of writing.

John Ralston Saul

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: June 19, 1947

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I'm socially awkward in life, and that's one of the reasons why I do what I do. I'm more about interpreting other people's words.

Jimmy Smits

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Peter Brook's 'Midsummer Night's Dream,' I remember seeing. That was pretty early on. And suddenly, I realized how theatrical Shakespeare is, how alive, how wonderful it is when it's opened up by a great director and a great company.

Jeremy Irons

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I'm not going to change me just for some extra money.

Max Holloway

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Right now, I'm standing behind the glass, and I guess that's a metaphor for how my life will be going forward.

Angela Ruggiero

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The press seems to love pitting women against each other.

Jeanne Tripplehorn

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I think the most effective forms of critique are ones that establish a common ground for people to occupy, and then appeal to the best nature of people on that common ground.

Mohsin Hamid

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In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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Some Marine units actually use 'An Officer and a Gentleman' in their training programs.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

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We live in a world that tells us not to care, to consume everything in sight. It tells us that being cool and being an individual actually means buying what everyone else is buying and doing what everyone else is doing.

Julia Butterfly Hill

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Marvin Bell always looked very closely at how lines could break, how you could put over one line into the second line. How you could stop the line two or three times within the line: You could make it stop.

Juan Felipe Herrera

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When you're confined to a hospital bed, there aren't many appointments you can make. You await visits from friends and family members. You enjoy the coconut ice cream they smuggle in. You tolerate the erratic and invasive visits of doctors and nurses, hoping that one of them will bring you closer to going home.

Josh Gondelman

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There are many really good teams in our conference this season. Miami, Indiana and Detroit will be our fiercest opponents this year. But we just have to focus on our game and be patient with the realistic hope that we'll be on top after all is said and done.

Jason Kidd

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