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Julian Barnes Quotes

In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued more highly than other elements in a work of art.

Julian Barnes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: January 19, 1946

Topics

Work Nature Art Society Literature

People in Philadelphia are a world apart from New York. They're very different from people in the New York scene. The New York scene wants your visibility and wants your money.

John Gutfreund

Money New York People World New

I always wanted to be one of the hottest rappers.

Meek Mill

Always Rappers Wanted Hottest

If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.

Jefferson Davis

Theory Tombstone Confederacy Should

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Person Years Experiences Lived Most

If we must die, we die defending our rights.

Sitting Bull

Death Die Rights Must Our Defending

I think what makes the Byrds stand up all these years is the basis in folk music. Folk music, being a timeless art form, is the foundation of the Byrds. We were all from a folk background. We considered ourselves folk singers even when we strapped on electric instruments and dabbled in different things.

Roger McGuinn

Music Art Stand Up Foundation Think

I was so pretty, actresses didn't want to work with me.

Roger Moore

Work Me Want Pretty

Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas, it should be for a minimum amount of time, the family tradition and family get-together aspect emphasized, and it be seen as a working vacation.

Robert Teeter

Family Time Vacation Tradition Seen

I didn't wake up one day and think, 'I'm not going to have children.' My mother was a housewife and brought up three children, so I just thought it would happen.

Michelle Paver

Mother Children Day Wake Up Think

Bill Clinton wanted to survive. And Bill Clinton wanted to thrive, not just for himself, although that's primarily what drives Bill Clinton. He's a classic narcissist. So of course he wanted to thrive and succeed. But he also wanted America to thrive and succeed, which is why he worked with a Republican Congress.

Monica Crowley

Succeed Survive America Thrive Why

When I did play team sports, I was into soccer and hockey. I loved hockey. And then rock climbing became the thing that got me out of Iowa, and I traveled the world for rock climbing. I really loved the, I guess you would say, dirtbag lifestyle of not eating much and traveling the world and slipping into different cultures and just observing.

Jason Momoa

Sports Me Team World Eating Hockey

In some countries, as many as 91 percent of women have no one at their side to assist them during labor and delivery.

Christy Turlington

Women Labor Side Delivery Percent