"One of the admirable features of British novelists……" — James Buchan
"One of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign settings with wholly foreign personnel."
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James Buchan
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65 Quotes by James Buchan
James Buchan has 65 quotes on this site.
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Liberty in Islam is the liberty to be a Muslim, democracy likewise, individualism likewise.
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A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as…
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Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a…
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Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors.
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Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.
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Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science - steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains - none…
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Saudi Arabia operates according to the belief that God made young men and women so utterly and completely without self-control…
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Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit…
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Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there…
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All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.
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Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age.
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By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.
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More Admirable Quotes
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This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically…
— Mortimer Adler
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I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really…
— Anthony Bourdain
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A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own…
— Anita Brookner
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Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and that is its whole secret.
— Albert Camus
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McDonald's is almost 50 years old. For 47 years we had a pretty consistent track record of being able to…
— Jim Cantalupo
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I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
— Lord Chesterfield
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I've always tried to be fair to my subjects. That's easy when they are as likable and admirable as Lewis…
— Stephen Ambrose
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Humility counts for much, but it may be that vanity does not dispossess that admirable quality.
— Walter J. Phillips
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Still, even the most admirable of atheists is nothing more than a moral parasite, living his life based on borrowed…
— Theodore Beale
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Allow me to offer my congratulations on the truly admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark.…
— Thomas de Quincey
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To gain the acceptance of your peers is an admirable task, but to truly accept yourself requires a much higher…
— Wes Fesler
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