"They're always looking forward to going places they're……" — Martin Amis
"They're always looking forward to going places they're just coming back from, or regretting doing things they haven't yet done. They say hello when they mean goodbye."
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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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We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.
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Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking up…
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I was always willing to take a great deal of the burden of getting along in life on my own…
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The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking…
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We are always looking to the future; the present does not satisfy us. Our ideal, whatever it may be, lies…
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As long as we're caught up in always looking for certainty and happiness, rather than honoring the taste and smell…
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The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see,…
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Sometimes I'm not even satisfied when I got 6 points and 22 rebounds, because I'm always looking to do more.
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I'm just always looking forwards. I spend very little time, looking backwards.
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