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Cyril Connolly Quotes

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.

Cyril Connolly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: english
Birth: September 10, 1903 - November 26, 1974

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True Masterpiece More Task Function

I could have bought a pristine part of Tanzania. But I saw a beautiful mountain, game that could come back, and country that could be rich again.

Jochen Zeitz

Beautiful Mountain Game Rich Back

Even as a kid, I ventured out to ethnic restaurants all the time.

Andrew Zimmern

Time Kid Out Ethnic Even

My main job is to live with deep contentment, joy, and confidence in my everyday experience of life with God. Everything else is job number two.

John Ortberg

Life Confidence Live God Job Joy

I think I can speak for every Senator, saying that he or she ran for the Senate because we want to help make this a better place; that is, we want to help our States and help America.

Max Baucus

Saying Speak Think Better Help Want

John Woo is a very nice and kind person; he gives almost no direction at all, trusting me to come up with the character. But when I think of him, I think of explosions!

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

Character Me Direction Think Person

The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us.

Tom Clancy

Job Fight Support People Uniform

It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives' recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause.

Michael Kinsley

Equality Say Way Cherish They Say

My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father.

Missy Elliott

Father Home Me Living Struggles

Directing 'The Office' is kind of like someone going, 'Would you like to drive my Lamborghini?' And I'm like 'Yes, I would like to drive your Lamborghini. That sounds like fun.'

Jason Reitman

Fun Drive Someone You Kind Office

When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.

Chris Martin

Work Expectations You Against Going

You know what, I had 11 great years with St. Louis. My gosh, those are the best years of my life. And I will never, ever forget that.

Brett Hull

Life Great Best My Life You Know

On the one hand, the guns were there to help capture the imagination of the people. But more important, since we knew that you couldn't observe the police without guns, we took our guns with us to let the police know that we have an equalizer.

Bobby Seale

Police Imagination People Help You