"At its grandest, political correctness is an attempt……" — Martin Amis
"At its grandest, political correctness is an attempt to accelerate evolution."
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123 Quotes by Martin Amis
Martin Amis has 123 quotes on this site.
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Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and…
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Very broadly, literature concerns itself with the internal, cinema with the external.
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Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an…
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When I go back to the core of my childhood, my cousin Lucy seems always to be in the peripheral…
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Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.
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Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're…
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Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour.
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Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.
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Sometimes I feel that life is passing me by, not slowly either, but with ropes of steam and spark -…
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One of the unseen benefits of having children is that they deliver you from your own selfishness. There's no going…
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Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.
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More will mean worse.
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More Accelerate Quotes
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one of 144 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive…
— Gerry Adams
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Today, companies have to radically revolutionize themselves every few years just to stay relevant. That's because technology and the Internet…
— Nolan Bushnell
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This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries,…
— Margaret Chan
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Amnesty will not help balance our budget ... In fact, a large-scale amnesty is likely to add trillions of dollars…
— Jeff Sessions
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The choice to 'do nothing' in response to the mounting evidence is actually a choice to continue and even accelerate…
— Al Gore
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If we continue on the trend we're on, we can reduce extreme poverty by more than 60 percent-lifting more than…
— Rajiv Shah
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Resist discouragement by speaking His Word over your future. Keep standing. Keep hoping; keep believing because He is working behind…
— Joel Osteen
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In nature there is a fundamental unity running through all the diversity we see about us. Religions are given to…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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The last few months have seen a welcome race to the top. Consumers have sent companies a clear signal that…
— Paul Polman
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So a more sensible thing it seemed to me was to go to Silicon Valley and be pushing on the…
— Thomas Dolby
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Any change in form produces a fear of change, and that has accelerated. Marketing is the death of invention, because…
— Nicolas Roeg
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Expansion and modernization of the nation's productive plant is essential to accelerate economic growth and to improve the international competitive…
— John F. Kennedy
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