Arthur Koestler Quotes

The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

Arthur Koestler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: hungarian
  • Birth: September 5, 1905 - March 1, 1983

Topics

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I love somebody who can make me laugh and be a goofball. I think it's incredibly sexy if a guy can look uncool and completely not care. Also, somebody who likes to show affection. I show a lot of affection.

Jessica Biel

LoveMeThinkCareSexyLaugh

I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.

Robert Mapplethorpe

GoodPeopleThoughtWhyAlways

If there's something that can be formulated, regulated, give you security, then nobody would lose money. Every movie would be successful. And that's certainly not the case.

Ang Lee

MoneyYouLoseSecurityNobodyGive

Seeing my daughter for the first time after I came back from the tour was just a life-changing experience... it still blows my mind.

Sonny Bill Williams

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I'm very lucky. I actually like screenwriting. I rarely feel a sense of doom going to my desk.

Simon Beaufoy

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If my mama and daddy would've stayed together, one of them would've been dead, and the other would have been locked up for it.

Trick Daddy

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In the United States, under 3 percent of municipal food waste - so that's the food scraps that goes into people's garbage cans - actually gets recycled. If you go to a place like South Korea, the exact reverse is the case. It's about 3 percent that doesn't get recycled.

Tristram Stuart

FoodPeopleYouPlaceGoGarbage

Of course a politician's promise isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Russell Pearce

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Be cocky. Walk into the Georgia Dome like you own it.

Mary Lou Retton

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When I write, I can shake off all my cares.

Anne Frank

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The higher interest and higher inflation is a vicious cycle.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

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Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Winston Churchill

LearnReadyAlwaysBeingLike

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