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Joseph Conrad Quotes

Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: polish
Birth: December 3, 1857 - August 3, 1924

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Great Words Reality Well Known Foes

I really don't care at all what people call me as long as they're listening to the music and talking about it. They can call me a space-jazz flautist. I don't care at all.

Mayer Hawthorne

Music People Me Listening Care Long

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.

Hell Better Heaven Reign Serve Than

Himanshu and I have known each other for over 13 years, and I don't have to prove anything to anyone. Why should I go gushy over my husband on social media when I would rather keep my love and feelings private?

Amruta Khanvilkar

Love Social Media Husband Media Go

Fashion is so close in revealing a person's inner feelings and everybody seems to hate to lay claim to vanity so people tend to push it away. It's really too close to the quick of the soul.

Hate Soul People Fashion Push Quick

Once a year, I take my whole wine team down to see the Giants, and we meet the players. I've never seen anyone pitch like Lincecum that can throw the ball and get through the front leg. He has that stiff front leg.

Team Wine Year Down Meet Never

I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish.

Religion My Own Jewish Own Baptist

I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.

Think Technique I Think Part

You can't mess around with young readers - you have to cut straight to the heart of the story. The character can be complex, the plot can have some surprises, but the emotions have to be clear.

Rodman Philbrick

Character Heart Story You Emotions

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.

Myself Stress Peace Anger People Me

One thing about the fantasy dinner party idea that no one considers is whether these people are going to get on. I would say John McEnroe and Ian McEwan, but what would they have to say to each other?

People Dinner Party Say Fantasy Get

My mother took me to the British Museum aged five. I had thought people from the past weren't as good as we were, and then I saw the Elgin marbles. Suddenly, the world seemed more complicated.

Good Mother Past People Me World

Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.

Hope Inspire Blind You Look Back

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