Lytton Strachey Quotes

In sheer genius Pascal ranks among the very greatest writers who have lived upon this earth. And his genius was not simply artistic; it displayed itself no less in his character and in the quality of his thought.

Lytton Strachey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 1, 1880 - January 21, 1932

Topics

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Adlai Stevenson has a genius for saying the right thing, at the right time, to the wrong people.

Joe E. Lewis

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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.

Maurice Saatchi

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When I'm at a show, I'm there to have fun. Let's just not care for a moment. So this cake in your face is to make you lose your mind. And it's not about caring about whatever you are wearing and caring what other people are thinking about you. Out of the context, I'm trying to develop something else.

Steve Aoki

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So that I saw music as a way of documenting realities from the urban cities of Latin America.

Ruben Blades

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If I see a roll of Bubble Tape, a bag of Haribo Gold-Bears or a pouch of green-apple Big League Chew, I'm eleven again.

Rosecrans Baldwin

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I feel like we're going to see a lot more movies that mix documentary style with fiction, more along the lines of 'District 9.'

Josh Trank

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The IP standards advanced countries favour typically are designed not to maximise innovation and scientific progress, but to maximise the profits of big pharmaceutical companies and others able to sway trade negotiations.

Joseph Stiglitz

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The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.

Douglas Adams

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Record sales don't really mean anything. For us, the pressure is imagining some 15-year-old kid in Cincinnati who buys our album and doesn't feel like he wasted his pocket money.

Chris Martin

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I am convinced that the reason so many fans leave Dodger Stadium after the seventh inning is that they become bored.

Armand Deutsch

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Bright light is injurious to those who see nothing.

Prudentius

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