Bernard Williams Quotes

I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot of opera during the war, but he converted a lot of people, myself included, in the process.

Bernard Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 21, 1929 - June 10, 2003

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However, the combination of civil resistance, of large-scale mass activities and strikes, with a certain degree of revolutionary violence, could provoke a crisis in the enemy's camp that would ultimately lead to essential changes.

Joe Slovo

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Aspiring to a souffle, he achieves a pancake at which the reader saws without much appetite.

John Leonard

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Ideally, I'd love to write poems that intrigued humans across the board: literary folk and academics as well as... dog-walkers, doctors, plumbers, chefs, math professors, jugglers, etc.

Amy Gerstler

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I tell people: walk around for one month and write down three problems in your life every day. At first it's easy - you got stuck in traffic, you missed your alarm - but by the end of the month you're looking really hard to get your 90 problems. The most common things on your list are now billion-dollar businesses.

Jay Samit

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I feed on conferences.

Marilyn Ferguson

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I actually quite like promo, which is quite odd for an artist, but recording's not the easiest thing.

Marina and the Diamonds

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I don't have anything to get off my chest. I'm not itching to prove myself anymore.

Kurt Vile

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I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.

Kiran Desai

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There is no real beauty without some slight imperfection.

James Salter

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I think the British people are very, very attached to the idea that the health service is free at the point of use. But there is no reason why every doctor, nurse and teacher in this country has to be employed by the state.

George Osborne

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I don't have any interest in cashing out or leaving the business or doing something else. I just love Subway, and I want to keep focusing on the company for the benefit of all our franchise owners. So I'm kind of like married to the job.

Fred DeLuca

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The minute I went into business, I was a success, and I've done well ever since.

David L. Wolper

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