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People Quotes by Ian Mcewan
- By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their…
- The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject.
- Finally, you had to measure yourself by other people - there really was nothing else. every now and then, quite unintentionally, someone taught you something…
- There did not have to be a moral. She need only show separate minds, as alive as her own, struggling with the idea that other…
- Not everything people did could be in a correct, logical order, especially when they were alone.
- It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple…
- And now she was back in the world, not one she could make, but the one that had made her, and she felt herself shrinking…
- It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in…
- Without a revolution of the inner life, however slow, all our big designs are worthless. The work we have to do is with ourselves if…
- If life was a dream, then dying must be the moment when you woke up. It was so simple it must be true. You died,…
- Had it taken her this long to discover that she lacked some simple mental trick that everyone else had, a mechanism so ordinary that no…
- My needs were simple I didn't bother much with themes or felicitous phrases and skipped fine descriptions of weather, landscapes and interiors. I wanted characters…
- It was always the view of my parents...that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people.
- You can spin stories out of the ways people understand and misunderstand each other.
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- 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
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle