"There is always a sneer in Las Vegas.……" — Jan Morris
"There is always a sneer in Las Vegas. The mountains around it sneer. The desert sneers. And arrogant in the middle of its wide valley, dominating those diligent sprawling suburbs, the downtown city sneers like anything."
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20 Quotes by Jan Morris
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Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides…
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Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in…
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There are only two rules. One is E. M. Forster's guide to Alexandria; the best way to know Alexandria is…
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I had reached the conclusion myself that sex was not a division but a continuum, that almost nobody was altogether…
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I resist the idea that travel writing has got to be factual.
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I’ve become obsessed with the idea of reconciliation, particularly reconciliation with nature but with people too, of course. I think…
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The more I was treated as a woman, the more woman I became. A adapted willy-nilly. If I was assumed…
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I know well the delectable thrill of moving into a new house somewhere altogether else, in somebody else’s county, where…
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Movement was the essence of Manhattan. It had always been so, and now its sense of flow, energy, openness, elasticity…
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It was an American who said that while a Frenchman's truth was akin to a straight line, a Welshman's truth…
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The language itself, whether you speak it or not, whether you love it or hate it, is like some bewitchment…
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To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible.
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More Arrogant Quotes
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I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant.
— John Banville
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No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Not trying to be arrogant, but if I walked down the street and a girl saw me, she might take…
— Justin Bieber
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I don't expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people…
— Bjork
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It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
— Tony Blair
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Brian Cox is the nicest guy, but he's so arrogant.
— Danny Boyle
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If America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to…
— Tony Campolo
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I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant.…
— Sherman Alexie
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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I don't believe in talking about my work. I let it speak for itself. I'd rather make money than just…
— Shailender Singh
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Microsoft has gotten so big that it can put out a Preview that will install itself without checking first to…
— Jerry Pournelle
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If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
— Sun Tzu
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