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A. N. Wilson

(1950) Historian

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A. N. Wilson is a historian.

Quick Facts About A. N. Wilson

Born: October 27, 1950
Profession: Historian

About A. N. Wilson

[Wikidata] British poet, biographer, critic, journalist writer and newspaper columnist (1950-)... | [Wikipedia] Andrew Norman Wilson is an English writer and newspaper columnist known for his critical biographies, novels and works of popular history. He has written more than 30 books of non-fiction and more than 20 works of fiction. He is an occasional columnist for the Daily Mail, and a former columnist and

Quotes by A. N. Wilson · Page 2

When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every…

Ask questions

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In the past, I used to counter any such notions by asking myself: 'Would you really want President Hattersley?' I now find…

Asking

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It would no doubt be very sentimental to argue - but I would argue it nevertheless - that the peculiar combination of…

Addresses

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I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not.…

Brilliant

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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.

Believe

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Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught.

Finished

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It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists, there are only the dead, many of them kings…

Abbey

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Millions of Christians can and do go through life attending church, listening to sermons, reciting the creeds and never confront the seeming…

Attending

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Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters,…

Angel

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I think I became a Catholic to annoy my father.

Annoying

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My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria.

Book

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Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such…

Affectionate

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I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.

Austen

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I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there.

Belief

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Since Einstein developed his theory of relativity, and Rutherford and Bohr revolutionised physics, our picture of the world has radically changed.

Changed

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When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or…

About

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A busybody's work is never done.

Busybodies

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It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for…

Chores

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If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl…

Anger

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If you read about Mussolini or Stalin or some of these other great monsters of history, they were at it all the…

Active

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In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the…

18th century

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The United States is the ultimate land of optimistic promise, but it also gave birth to quintessentially pessimistic tragedy: 'Moby-Dick.'

Also

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I had lost faith in biography.

Biographies

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The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.

Approach

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If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I…

Book

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