"People only tell lies when there is something……" — Orhan Pamuk
"People only tell lies when there is something they are terribly frightened of losing."
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156 Quotes by Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Pamuk has 156 quotes on this site.
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The silence of snow, thought the man sitting just behind the bus driver.
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If the Americans would only take all the money they have spent on this war (Iraq), and spend it like…
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Actually, it's the other way round. In a poor country, the only consolation people can have is the one that…
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Snow reminds Ka of God! But I’m not sure it would be accurate. What brings me close to God is…
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To savour Istanbul's back streets, to appreciate the vines and trees that endow its ruins with accidental grace, you must,…
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Mankind's greatest error, the biggest deception of the past thousand years is this: to confuse poverty with stupidity.
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To read a novel is to wonder constantly, even at moments when we lose ourselves most deeply in the book:…
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Where there is true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace…
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Yet does illustrating in a new way signify a new way of seeing?
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I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
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My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value…
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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
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There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium…
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If I look back I feel frightened, not happy, because my life is a bit of a mystery to me.
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As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in…
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I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
— John Cage
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Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment…
— Jane Campion
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The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.
— Sherman Alexie
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I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start…
— Helena Bonham Carter
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Wars are begun by frightened men.
— Tom Clancy
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Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours.…
— Charlotte Gray
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The vested interests-if we explain the situation by their influence-can only get the public to act as they wish by…
— Norman Angell
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As far as I know, most organizations are avoiding population issues because they're politically frightened by the charge that comes…
— Gaylord Nelson
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At my age, I'm often asked if I'm frightened of death and my reply is always, I can't remember being…
— Peter Ustinov
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