J. M. Coetzee Quotes

As you see, I do not treat the creation of fiction, that to say the invention and development of fantasies, as a form of abstract thought. I don't wish to deny the uses of the intellect, but sometimes one has the intuition that the intellect by itself will lead one nowhere.

J. M. Coetzee

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I was told when I went for a life-insurance exam when I was 18 that I was not likely to live past 50, so I refused to pay the premium.

Jeffrey Tate

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I have no regrets about leaving Barcelona.

Mauro Icardi

LeavingNo RegretsRegretsBarcelona

We Americans have an obligation to come to China, to learn more about China. Why? Because with each passing day, it's going to be more and more in our future.

Max Baucus

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I'll always stay connected with Apple. I hope that throughout my life I'll sort of have the thread of my life and the thread of Apple weave in and out of each other, like a tapestry. There may be a few years when I'm not there, but I'll always come back.

Steve Jobs

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There are more honest people and more good people than there are thieves and bad people. It's just always been that way.

Michael Nesmith

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Inside every working anarchy, there's an Old Boy Network.

Mitch Kapor

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The best novels are those that are important without being like medicine; they have something to say, are expansive and intelligent but never forget to be entertaining and to have character and emotion at their centre.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

CharacterBestMedicineNever Forget

It's OK if Tim McGraw goes and does a movie, and it's OK if Justin Timberlake does a movie, but it's not OK for an actor to become a singer. I never understood that.

Christian Kane

ActorBecomeNeverSingerUnderstood

The presidency of the Euro group is an interesting and important task.

Wolfgang Schauble

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The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in nothing what may be seen in other lands.

Pierre Loti

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You don't really want nonagenarians as heads of organisations which are trying to do something useful.

Prince Philip

TryingYouWantSomethingUseful

The 'Heirs of Alexandria' series mixes the Renaissance with magic and demons, based on a changed theological history.

Eric Flint

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