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Long Quotes by Julian Barnes
- Pride makes us long for a solution to things – a solution, a purpose, a final cause; but the better telescopes become, the more stars…
- Sometimes I think the purpose of life is to reconcile us to its eventual loss by wearing us down, by proving, however long it takes,…
- This was long before the term 'single-parent family' came into use; back then it was a 'broken home'...
- What is history? Any thoughts, Webster?' 'History is the lies of the victors,' I replied, a little too quickly. 'Yes, I was rather afraid you'd…
- You get towards the end of life - no, not life itself, but of something else: the end of any likelihood of change in that…
- He always thought that Touie's long illness would somehow prepare him for her death. He always imagined that grief anf guilt, if they followed, would…
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- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes. — Dario Argento
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- Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or… — Richard Armour
- I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the… — Dido Armstrong
- Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
- As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of the Wrights… — Neil Armstrong
- Animators have to live life 24 times as long as we do - every 24 frames of a second. — Darren Aronofsky
- This is the sheriff you're talking about, with a gun and badge that enforces the law. Nothing is going to stop me… — Joe Arpaio
- So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to… — Antonin Artaud
- He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont… — Isaac Asimov
- They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of… — Chinua Achebe