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Jeanette Winterson has 421 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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To create was a fundament, to appreciate, a supplement.
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Any measurement must take into account the position of the observer. There is no such thing as measurement absolute, there is only…
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After every ''victory'' you have more enemies.
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...to live differently, to love differently, to think differently, or to try to. Is the danger of beauty so great that it…
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Anything outside marriage seems like freedom and excitement.
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I used to think marriage was a plate-glass window just begging for a brick.
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There are only three possible endings -aren't there? - to any story: revenge, tragedy or forgiveness. That's it. All stories end like…
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The rebellion of art is a daily rebellion against the state of living death routinely called real life.
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You don't get over it because 'it' is the person you loved.
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The secret of the world is this: the world is entirely circular and you will go round and round endlessly, never finding…
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Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we will. It's…
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It's true that heroes are inspiring, but mustn't they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of their name?…
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In God We Trust. It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings.…
— Mark Twain
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War is simple, direct, and ruthless.
— George S. Patton
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Meditation takes us just as we are, with our confusion and our sanity. This complete acceptance of ourselves as we are is…
— Pema Chodron
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And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the…
— Norman McLaren
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Language is in decline. Not only has eloquence departed but simple, direct speech as well, though pomposity and banality have not.
— Edwin Newman
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Why should literature be easy? Sometimes you can do what you want to do in a simple, direct way that is absolutely…
— Jeanette Winterson
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A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas…
— Andy Goldsworthy
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Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their…
— Brennan Manning
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There is no mystery about my style. My movements are simple, direct and non-classical. The extraordinary part of it lies in its…
— Bruce Lee
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