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Behind Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov
- Literature was not born the day when a boy crying "wolf, wolf" came running out of the Neanderthal valley with a big gray wolf at…
- Although we read with our minds, the seat of artistic delight is between the shoulder blades. That little shiver behind is quite certainly the highest…
- …my Lolita remarked: “You know, what’s so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on your own”; and it struck me, as my automaton…
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- I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a… — David Arquette
- I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because… — Chinua Achebe
- You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet.… — Margaret Atwood
- For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. — Irving Babbitt
- Basically no, I mean I think that it's very easy to like I say, smoke a joint or even to wear a… — Lester Bangs
- I almost died, secretly, behind closed doors. — Stephen Baldwin
- I don't get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the… — Christian Bale
- Behind every great fortune lies a great crime. — Honore de Balzac
- I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the… — Antonio Banderas
- I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in… — Javier Bardem
- All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves. — Amelia Barr