Arthur Quiller-Couch Quotes

Will you tell me, 'Oh, painting is a special art, whereas anyone can write prose passably well'? Can he, indeed? ... Can you, sir? Nay, believe me, you are either an archangel or a very bourgeois gentleman indeed if you admit to having spoken English prose all your life without knowing it.

Arthur Quiller-Couch

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: November 21, 1863 - May 12, 1944

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My father's an opera nut, and my stepmother used to work at the Metropolitan Opera, so I had a lot of opera immersion. I like the grandness and pretention of it.

Andrew Solomon

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I love books, and all the best ones are people analysing their own emotions. You can learn from that.

John Lydon

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You just keep doing stuff, and one thing evolves into another. Then suddenly it's like, 'Oh, wait, I'm here surfing against Kelly Slater and all these guys I grew up watching.'

John John Florence

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Often, what I tell a new CEO asking for advice, or one of my own new leaders, is the two most important decisions that your team is going to watch is the first person you hire and the first person you promote - because you are saying that's the type of person I want.

John T. Chambers

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My relationships are based on personal reciprocity. Being a Dodger was a matter of heart, but in the end I felt they didn't want me.

Steve Garvey

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I think all great players set a target for themselves in their careers. Mine was to win a world title with Brazil, which I did twice.

Ronaldo

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In 2010, The Princeton Review ranked Colgate the most beautiful campus in America - I agree.

Jay Chandrasekhar

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I met Sade! I performed 'Blue Lights' at one of Drake's shows in London, and I met her backstage. She told me her son is a big fan. That was a moment when I was like, 'Wow.'

Jorja Smith

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It can be a bit frustrating to always get the soft-rock stamp.

Jose Gonzalez

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Chick-lit may be staggering on its heels, but women's fiction is alive and kicking.

Jojo Moyes

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I had a very long discussion with Justice Gorsuch in my office, and he pointed out to me that he is a co-author of a whole book on precedent. So, someone who devotes that much time to writing a book on precedent, I think, understands how important a principle that is in our judicial system.

Susan Collins

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Let the pitcher move first, then, as he draws his arm back, you draw the bat back and you are ready.

Paul Waner

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