Simon Raven Quotes

I wanted to look at the upper-middle-class scene since the war, and in particular my generation's part in it. We had spent our early years as privileged members of a privileged class. How were we faring in the Age of the Common Man? How ought we to be faring?

Simon Raven

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 28, 1927 - May 12, 2001

Topics

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I might just be the luckiest girl ever.

Jenny Han

GirlMightJustJust BeEver

I'll never retire. I like what I'm doing.

John Paul DeJoria

DoingNeverRetireLike

I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.' Yes, I think everybody should be paid handsomely; I insist on it, and I pay people who work for me, or with me, handsomely.

Maya Angelou

WorkBlack And WhiteMoneyPeopleMe

I watched a lot of Douglas Fairbanks movies. He always played the same role with a mustache. Zorro had a mustache. The Musketeer had a mustache. Tarzan had a mustache.

Jean Dujardin

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The sudden appearance of mushrooms after a summer rain is one of the more impressive spectacles of the plant world.

John Tyler Bonner

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Effective listening is something that can absolutely be learned and mastered. Even if you find attentive listening difficult and, in certain situations, boring or unpleasant, that doesn't mean you can't do it. You just have to know what to work on.

Travis Bradberry

WorkListeningYouFindKnowBoring

It just seems like a religion that is perfect for people who feel like they need a grounding, who feels that the world has run off on them. I've discussed this with Scientologists, and they don't disagree. So, for a certain type of person, that's great.

Russell Crowe

GreatReligionPeopleWorldFeel

The only thing I want is the respect of the fans of Liverpool and the fans of the national team of Uruguay.

Luis Suarez

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We're visual creatures. Probably, when we were hunter gatherers... that was the kind of thing that mattered. And remembering, say, phone numbers was, like, not that important when you're hunting down a mastodon or whatever.

Joshua Foer

YouPhoneDownNumbersImportant

I think for anything to be successful, your problems have to become different problems over time.

Jason Isbell

TimeProblemsThinkBecomeAnything

Our goal is to desperately make the best products we can. We're not naive. We trust that if we're successful and we make good products, that people will like them. And we trust that if people like them, they'll buy them. And we figured out the operation and we're effective. We know what we're doing, so we'll make money, but it's a consequence.

Jonathan Ive

GoodTrustBestMoneyPeopleDoing

I don't ever take a break. I'm always writing.

Dito Montiel

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