Graham Greene Quotes

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.

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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If I'm doing a play, 30 to 40 percent of the people that come to the stage door have pictures of 'Alien' for me to autograph. And usually, the photos are pretty gory ones.

John Hurt

PeopleMeDoorDoingAlienPlay

I'm an illustrator. I have to accept my role.

Maurice Sendak

AcceptRoleIllustrator

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

Steve Lacy

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In network TV, you have to present the box before you can step outside it.

Simon Baker

StepPresentYouOutsideBoxBefore

I love to cook and I know a lot of people watching love those segments, but so often they feel rushed to me. If we give 'em a bit more time to breathe, people will get more out of them.

Tony Danza

LoveTimePeopleMeFeelKnow

I came into ECW in Philadelphia in 1996 and left in 2001 - a much bigger, worldwide star than I arrived - and I thank ECW for that.

Rob Van Dam

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Above all, avoid the Indiana Jones fedora. It's very yesterday, and if you wear a black one, you might be mistaken for an Orthodox Jew.

Roger Stone

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The thing I ran up against was everybody wanted a song so fast. It took me two years to finish 'Touch Me in the Morning.'

Michael Masser

MorningMeSongFastTouchFinish

What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

Diogenes

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Good words will not give me back my children.

Chief Joseph

GoodChildrenWordsMeBackWill

Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.

Anne Lamott

LifeGoodTruthPowerPeopleLook

If you wanted to design a robot that could learn as well as it possibly could, you might end up with something that looked a lot like a 3-year-old.

Alison Gopnik

EndDesignLearnYouRobotUp

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