Julian Barnes Quotes

Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. Yet nothing can replace the exact, complicated, subtle communion between absent author and entranced, present reader.

Julian Barnes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ArtReadingPresentComplicated

Jerry often says that Slam Bradley was really the forerunner of Superman, because we turned it out with no restrictions, complete freedom to do what we wanted; the only problem was that we had a deadline.

Joe Shuster

FreedomProblemSupermanOutBecause

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

Max Stirner

FreedomManFreeGiftSelfFall

Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity.

Robert Mugabe

UnityCountryNationStayUsPlease

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Ambrose Bierce

PatienceRevengePlanningWorth

If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam.

Stefan Edberg

WinningChanceWantTopOutGoing

There's no reason to go back in the ring and prove anything.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

BackGoRingProveReasonAnything

I make a living doing what I love doing, and it's what brings me joy.

Tom Cochrane

LoveJoyMeDoingLivingMake

The first person to blow up my fashion consciousness was a 14-year-old girl named Sandrine. She was the most beautiful human I had ever seen.

Mary Gaitskill

GirlBeautifulFashionPersonShe

I don't have any fear of failure whatsoever. I used to, and I told myself I wouldn't allow myself to anymore.

Jaylen Brown

FailureFearMyselfUsedAllowAny

Instead of making people victims of people who are successful, we should be telling people, 'Look, you are having a hard time, I feel bad for you. Let's look at what you're doing, let's teach you how to succeed. Let's give you the tools to succeed as opposed to turning everybody into victims.

Jon Lovitz

TimePeopleSucceedToolsDoingYou

I have never gotten into the label thing.

Diana Ross

NeverLabelThingGotten

Here's the thing that I think about life - if you manage to get into a space where you don't need that much, where the overhead of your life is not that great and you're pretty happy and relaxed without that much stuff, you are really liberated because you never have to say yes to something because you want another refrigerator or car!

Brit Marling

LifeCarGreatSpaceHappyThink

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