Lawrence Durrell Quotes

Music is only love looking for words.

Lawrence Durrell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 27, 1912 - November 7, 1990

Topics

LoveMusicWordsLookingOnly

I think that, unfortunately, it appears that Donald Trump is trampling all over the Constitution.

Joe Morton

ConstitutionThinkDonald TrumpOver

When you have a democratically elected president of Iran you don't topple him for the Shah. You don't help topple Arbenz in Guatemala. You don't do what we did in Vietnam, etc.

Matt Gonzalez

HelpYouPresidentHimVietnamDid

I was the class innuendist.

Michael Feldman

Class

It's a nonstop schedule, really. I had lost myself somewhere.

Roger Andrew Taylor

MyselfLostScheduleSomewhereHad

That Britain today is a liberal society is largely because of the philosophy and outlook of the Anglican Church, which did so much to shape our core values in the past few centuries.

Robert Winston

TodayPastSocietyChurchPhilosophy

Growing up, the way that I looked was very important to me. I was always trying to impress people, and when I grew my beard there was a certain freedom, a separation, getting past this the way I looked, identify myself as a spiritual seeker.

Matisyahu

FreedomMyselfPastSpiritualPeople

I do get credit for having a California sound to my music, but I don't think people really know what that means - they think the Beach Boys. I'm thinking more like Sunset Strip in the 1960s and stuff like that.

Ariel Pink

SunsetMusicBeachPeopleThinking

I have a profound resistance to the idea that a reader could say, 'Oh, well, that's her story.' We should all be interested, no matter where we come from, or who our parents are. It's not my province; it's ours. These questions concern us all.

Anne Michaels

ParentsStoryQuestionsSayMatter

But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.

Anne Tyler

HopeShineBookStoryThinkWant

My parents wanted me to grow up around horses and open spaces.

Schuyler Fisk

ParentsMeGrowGrow UpOpenUp

Immigrants have been coming to our shores for generations to live the dream that is America. They wanted better for their children than for themselves. That remains the dream of all of us, and in this country, we have seen time and again that that dream is achievable.

Nikki Haley

LiveChildrenTimeBetterAmerica

One of the most common mistakes for an entry-level job interview is to take the position: 'What is this job going to do for me?' You should be saying 'Here's what I can do and here's what I want to do to help you.'

Norah O'Donnell

JobMistakesMeSayingHelpYou

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