"…only a poet could frame a language that……" — Jeanette Winterson
"…only a poet could frame a language that could frame a world."
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Jeanette Winterson
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419 Quotes by Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson has 419 quotes on this site.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we…
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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…
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More Frame Quotes
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The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in…
— Charles Babbage
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I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal…
— Francis Bacon
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A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.
— George Matthew Adams
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Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance…
— John Berger
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All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth - in a word, all those bodies which compose the frame…
— George Berkeley
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A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind…
— Andrea Bocelli
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I have a European frame of mind and Europe is my home.
— Andrea Bocelli
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For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to…
— Andrea Bocelli
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Words are beautiful but restricted. They're very masculine, with a compact frame. But voice is over the dark, the place…
— Jeff Buckley
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We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more…
— David Cameron
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Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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