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J. M. Coetzee Quotes

Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?

J. M. Coetzee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: south african
Birth: February 9, 1940

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Smart Writing Limits Language Enough

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Using the term 'locker room talk' blurs the line between what is criminal and what is simply oafish. That's not a line anyone should want blurred.

John Dickerson

Want Talk Line Room Blurred Between

I loathe people who are disingenuous or inauthentic.

Robert Rinder

People Who Disingenuous Loathe

If you're running businesses anywhere in the world, people who really do well are the people who have mental toughness.

Robert Kraft

People World You Toughness Mental

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Matthew Pearl

History Believe Pressure You New

Be a doer and not a critic.

Tony Blair

Critic Doer

Since my education, I've done quite untraditional things. There are very few Etonians who went to Rada. And far fewer Etonians - certainly when I was there - went to Cambridge. I don't know whether it's the same now. Most people I knew went to Oxford, because it seemed more of an easy bridge.

Tom Hiddleston

Education People Bridge Easy Know

Fifteen years ago, while I was temporarily chairing meetings of pro-life leaders, I pleaded with the angry males to say no to interviews, and instead let beautiful pro-life women become the face for the movement.

Marvin Olasky

Women Beautiful Angry Face Meetings

The one thing that kept our family together was the music. The only thing that our family would share emotionally was to have our dad cry over something the kids did with music.

Dennis Wilson

Family Music Together Cry Over Kids

Your body isn't just a body. It's an ecosystem.

Douglas Coupland

Body Your Body Just Your Ecosystem

So many models have cool boyfriends.

Chrissy Teigen

Cool Many Models

A secret gets bigger and nastier the longer you don't talk about it.

Ashley McBryde

You Talk Secret Bigger About Longer