Cyril Connolly Quotes

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.

Cyril Connolly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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As I have tried to show, science, in producing the airplane and the wireless, has created a new international political environment to which governments must adjust their foreign policies.

John Boyd Orr

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I would not say I chose to write long poems on a conscious level. The long poem has been a relative constant.

John Barton

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I've backpacked to countries like Italy and Turkey and observed beautiful scenery, but then I realized that beauty was always very close to me. It is here in Belitung Island, where the rivers, beaches and the terrain captivate my attention most.

Andrea Hirata

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I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk.

John Huston

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Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as serious texts.

Siri Hustvedt

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I'm impossible to direct. I couldn't get myself to do anything.

Tony Shalhoub

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My own grandmother went to great lengths to make sure I knew simple things like how and when to open the door for a lady. And the best thing my mama taught me was to pray.

Ronnie Dunn

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Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its report, 'Now for the Long Term.'

Mo Ibrahim

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As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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I have that thing in my stomach where I just need to keep striving for things. In my mind, I want the fairy tale.

January Jones

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I always thought I could play pro ball. I had confidence in my ability, You have to. If you don't who will?

Johnny Unitas

ConfidenceThoughtYouPlayWill

Marriage was never a destination with me.

Diane von Furstenberg

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