Graham Greene Quotes

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Graham Greene

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 2, 1904 - April 3, 1991

Topics

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I heard that after you throw away a 'New York Times,' it takes over a hundred years for the lies to biodegrade.

Stephen Colbert

New YorkYouNewOverYearsAway

African-Americans assume I'm named after the notorious Soledad prison or Mount Soledad in California. Latinos want to know if I'm lonely. That doesn't fit, because I grew up with five siblings, and I have four kids of my own, so I'm not lonely at all, though I do often seek solitude, the actual meaning of my name.

Soledad O'Brien

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I'm a bit suspicious of people who are narrow in their musical tastes.

Steven Hall

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To die is one thing. How much worse to know that all the life that ever existed on this planet, and all it ever achieved, was to be obliterated?

Roger Ebert

LifeDieKnowPlanetOne ThingMuch

I made good friends at all the teams I played for, but with the national team, we created a family. It was during years when we won many trophies, and we have a special relationship because of that. Together - Pepe, Torres, me, and others - we have something.

David Villa

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I don't sing about politics or anything like that. I sing about love. That's what I know about.

Christine McVie

LovePoliticsKnowAnythingSing

Building capacities for the young generation is going to make a better generation and a better future tomorrow for Africa.

Corneille Ewango

FutureTomorrowBuildingBetterMake

I think that... discrimination in the job market is a very important area where work needs to be done.

Coretta Scott King

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The mark of a mature programmer is willingness to throw out code you spent time on when you realize it's pointless.

Bram Cohen

TimeYouMatureRealizeOutMark

What I need to do is to work hard and to always do my best to help the team.

Philippe Coutinho

WorkBestTeamWork HardHelpNeed

A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.

Pietro Aretino

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I am not up there by chance. I am there by choice. And I know the wire. And I know my limits. And I am a madman of details.

Philippe Petit

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