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Many Quotes by Margaret Atwood
- The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.
- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no…
- Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in the world lack…
- Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid immediate alliteration and assonance in…
- I did not know that 'poetess' was an insult, and that I myself would some day be called one. I did not know that to…
- When I was sixteen, it was simple. Poetry existed; therefore it could be written; and nobody had told me — yet — the many, many…
- In theory I can do almost anything; certainly I have been told how. In practice I do as little as possible. I pretend to myself…
- But we still find the world astounding, we can't get enough of it; even as it shrivels, even as its many lights flicker and are…
- Because you may think a bed is a peaceful thing, Sir, and to you it may mean rest and comfort and a good night's sleep.…
- Of course (said Oryx), having a money value was no substitute for love. Every child should have love, every person should have it. . .…
- Some days I do appreciate things more, eggs, flowers, but then I decide I'm only having an attack of sentimentality, my brain going pastel Technicolor,…
- It's impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because of what you say can never be exact, you always have to leave…
- As we know from the study of history, no new system can impose itself upon a previous one without incorporating many of the elements to…
- The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies.
- The Eskimos have 52 words for snow because it is so special to them; there ought to be as many for love.
More Many Quotes
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But… — Gerard Arpey
- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
- Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind… — Mary Kay Ash
- So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the… — Mary Kay Ash
- In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources… — Julian Assange
- The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely… — Rowan Atkinson
- But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness… — Rowan Atkinson
- I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate. — Rowan Atkinson