Non Quotes
1999 quotes by 1445 authors
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The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly.
— Paul Auster
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Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key,…
— Karen Armstrong
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The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.
— Marcus Aurelius
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It's true that I don't rearrange that much in the fiction, but I feel if you change even one name or the order of one…
— Nicholson Baker
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I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well adjusted and can…
— Alan Ball
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It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very…
— Douglas Adams
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In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians.
— Karl Barth
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I'm trying my best to keep my private life guarded. It's not easy at all. Non, non, non.
— Emmanuelle Beart
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Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated…
— Warren G. Bennis
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Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their party entered and had effectively…
— Conrad Black
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Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
— Orlando Bloom
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During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school.
— Lionel Blue
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My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant.
— Elayne Boosler
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I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It's always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the…
— Alain de Botton
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I'm a terrible sort of non-fussy eater, really. I don't like posh food very much, and the more ingredients something's got in it, the less…
— Jo Brand
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When you're writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to stop. You can't go. You can't suppose.…
— Geraldine Brooks
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I always wanted to do a baseball book; I love baseball. The problem is that a very large part of my following is in non-baseball…
— Bill Bryson
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Second-generation Hispanics marry non-Hispanics at a higher rate than second-generation Irish or Italians. Second-generation Hispanics' English language capability rates are higher than previous immigrant groups'.
— Jeb Bush
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In high school, I was very active in extracurricular activities such as art, theatre, and choir. I also wrote for the school newspaper, but not…
— Meg Cabot
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Professor Hawking is heralded as 'the genius of Britain,' yet he believes in the scientific impossibility that nothing created everything and that life sprang from…
— Kirk Cameron
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