"The greatest patriotism is to tell your country……" — Julian Barnes
"The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously."
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184 Quotes by Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes has 184 quotes on this site.
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The land of embarrassment and breakfast.
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What is taken away is greater than the sum of what was there. This may not be mathematically possible; but…
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When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.
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Irony ... may be defined as what people miss.
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Global warming is more of a blessing than a curse.
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When we fall in love, we hope - both egotistically and altruistically - that we shall be finally, truly seen:…
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Perhaps the world progresses not by maturing, but by being in a permanent state of adolescence, of thrilled discovery.
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This is what those who haven’t crossed the tropic of grief often fail to understand: the fact that someone is…
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You put together two people who have not been put together before; and sometimes the world is changed, sometimes not.…
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There is a German word, Sehnsucht, which has no English equivalent; it means 'the longing for something'. It has Romantic…
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Why should anything happen when everything has happened?
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As I've explained to my wife many times, you have to kill your wife or mistress to get on the…
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I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop…
— Leo Buscaglia
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If you're Australian, you feel it in your bones because you're at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in…
— Nick Cave
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In some ways, I always thought you're better off behaving like a rock star when you're a normal person. Because…
— Jarvis Cocker
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Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how…
— Julie Andrews
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Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always…
— Seneca the Younger
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Many things, such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly - are done worst when we try hardest to…
— C.S. Lewis
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When women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The supernatural virtue of justice consists of behaving exactly as though there were equality when one is the stronger in…
— Simone Weil
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If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire.
— Pat Buchanan
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Hope is the most sensitive part of a poor wretch's soul; whoever raises it only to torment him is behaving…
— Marquis de Sade
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I've spent my whole life doing some things because they were logical and not doing others because they were not.…
— Stephen King
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Atoms are weird stuff, behaving like active agents rather than inert substances. They make unpredictable choices between alternative possibilities according…
— Freeman Dyson
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