Philip Pullman Quotes

Trying to understand superstition rationally is like trying to pick up something made of wood by using a magnet.

Philip Pullman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 19, 1946

Topics

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I think politicians really go with the tide.

Jimmy Carter

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I'm very boring. But I'm a bit obsessed with women that are so incredibly solid in their shoes that they don't care what other people think of them. I just think there's something so interesting about that kind of confidence.

Melissa McCarthy

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I am a feminist. Women are discriminated against in so many ways, and they make up half the population.

John Legend

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There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.

Sun Tzu

WarCountryNeverBeenWhich

One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto.

Stokely Carmichael

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I want to influence the younger generation to know that we have the ability to make a change and bring us all together. Black Lives Matter.

Trevor Jackson

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Performance was a shock to me. The first time I remember feeling I could do it was during the making of my first video, 'Fun for Me.' I couldn't sleep the night before the shoot, I was so frightened. I had to play a ghost and a piece of merchandise in a shop window, and I had no idea whether I was going to be able to pull it off.

Roisin Murphy

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While it may be tempting to bask fully in the glory of success, remember: When a CEO takes too much credit for the good, they will receive far too much criticism for the bad.

Judy Smith

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When you're in government, you have a big impact in Washington, but Washington may not be doing very much.

Joseph Stiglitz

GovernmentImpactDoingYouBigMay

I like to push characters to extremes so they have to make really tough decisions and there is no life more extreme than that of an athlete.

Chris Cleave

LifeToughDecisionsPushAthlete

I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor.

Anthony LaPaglia

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Since most scientists are just a bit religious, and most religious are seldom wholly unscientific, we find humanity in a comical position. His scientific intellect believes in the possibility of miracles inside a black hole, while his religious intellect believes in them outside it.

William Golding

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