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Leslie Fiedler Quotes

When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: american
Birth: March 8, 1917 - January 29, 2003

Topics

Me Think Say Critic Somebody Writer

I can assure you, that the gallant hearts that throb beneath its sacred folds, will only be content, when this glorious banner is planted first and foremost in the coming struggle for our independence.

Struggle Independence You I Can Will

The Nobel awards should be regarded as giving recognition to this general scientific progress as well as to the individuals involved.

Progress Giving Recognition Awards

The CIO put up half a million dollars for Roosevelt's 1936 campaign and provided him with an immense group of active labor workers who played a large part in the sweeping victory he won at the polls.

Victory Labor Group Active Him Up

I always try to act as though there is a little boy or a little girl around, and I try never to do anything that would give them a bad example.

Girl Bad Boy Try Never Anything

In TV, film, and music there's a lot of snobbery, and I don't like it. I've never been a cultural snob.

Music Never Snob Film Been Like

History is with us until we learn from the suffering of the past.

History Past Suffering Learn Us

Cynicism stems from disappointment. Cynical and faithless people were not always like that. They were filled with possibilities and hope as kids. But they tried and perhaps failed.

Robin S. Sharma

Hope People Disappointment Always

My collaborations with V. Radhakrishram and B. G. Clark were especially fruitful.

Robert Woodrow Wilson

Fruitful Were Clark Collaborations

The things that are really important to me are my man, my animals and my books. I don't need anything else.

Man Me Important Animals Need Books

I talked late, swam late, did not learn to ride a bike until college - and might never have walked or learned to drive a car if my parents hadn't overruled my lack of motivation and virtually forced me to embrace both forms of transportation. I suspect I was happy to sit in a corner with a book.

Car Ride Bike Happy Parents College

I find it so hard to make films about my own region, but it could happen.

Find My Own Hard Happen Own Make

The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office.

Mistake Die Office Greatest Made

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