Mordecai Richler Quotes

Fundamentally, all writing is about the same thing; it's about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, and the frustration that it creates.

Mordecai Richler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: January 27, 1931 - July 4, 2001

Topics

TimeWritingFrustrationDyingSame

Honestly, my sales pitch when I was a kid was, 'You don't want these Girl Scout cookies, do you?' If I had to push my own books, I'd stop writing. I hate the conflation of marketing and writing.

Jincy Willett

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There isn't a single business where anybody feels secure.

Maxwell Caulfield

BusinessSingleWhereSecureAnybody

While loyalists and defectors overall said John Smith did a better job of standing up for Labour's values, they put Blair ahead on representing the whole country, appealing beyond traditional Labour voters and offering strong, competent leadership; switchers to the Tories gave him a clear lead in all categories.

Michael Ashcroft

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I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.

Michael Bloomberg

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The general direction seems to be becoming fairly clear to me, but every new piece is a small adventure.

Steven Stucky

AdventureMeSmallDirectionNew

But I can tell that once, and if, and when this issue gets to be, under real terms, investigated, you will be seeing certain people that we know from this country standing trial; and they will be prosecuted criminally.

Sibel Edmonds

PeopleYouSeeingI CanCountry

I have no military application in my research. You know, we are all involved into rehabilitation medicine.

Miguel Nicolelis

ResearchMedicineYouKnowMilitary

The bestseller list is the tip of the iceberg.

Michael Korda

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I'm just here for this one purpose, and that's to try and get better each and every day and try and win as much as I can, while I can.

Jason Day

DayPurposeWinBetterEvery Day

I'm never afraid of pattern or texture.

Ashley Nell Tipton

NeverAfraidTexturePattern

You look at 30 Seconds to Mars, and you don't think, 'Ooh, I bet they're angry.' No one really does anger these days. I suppose it's a turn-off.

Peter Hook

AngerAngryThinkYouLookMars

I think I take my job seriously, but I enjoy my life and I enjoy my friends, and I never really allowed myself to do that before. So I just kind of want to party with everyone.

Selena Gomez

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