Siegfried Lenz Quotes

Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is perturbing my thoughts, I start to look for characters capable of representing it.

Siegfried Lenz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: March 17, 1926 - October 7, 2014

Topics

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I have to convince myself I know what I'm doing.

Joe Namath

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The 325-foot Seagram Tower is the most southerly and closest to the Canadian falls and also affords the best view of the churning upper rapids of the Niagara river.

Joan Lingard

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You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England.

Robert Maxwell

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No one can just file a charge and go directly to a jury trial. That just cannot happen.

Robert P. McCulloch

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You do need people. You can't live without them. We're all interconnected in some way.

Simon Beaufoy

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There are some things I feel the need to pussyfoot around that I would like to... give vent to. But I realise the press isn't the place to do that.

Trudie Styler

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'Saturday Night Live' was like a university for funny.

Tracy Morgan

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Give up pride for good during the holidays. This is where I've been especially stubborn. As I walk more and more in this path of Christianity, I see that letting my guard down and admitting that I don't want to be alone is far better than dealing with me, myself and I, who always seem to want to keep up appearances.

Monica Johnson

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There was a time when the FCC tried to require a certain amount of television and media to be educational, a certain amount to be newsworthy and a certain amount of it to be public access.

Montel Williams

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I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default.

Michael Leunig

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I was determined to play my horn against all odds, and I had to sacrifice a whole lot of pleasure to do so.

Louis Armstrong

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Scientists have found the gene for shyness. They would have found it years ago, but it was hiding behind a couple of other genes.

Jonathan Katz

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