"The first thing I learned at school was……" — Orhan Pamuk
"The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse."
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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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I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven…
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Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove.
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[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know…
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Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50…
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For one who is indifferent, life itself is a prison. Any sense of community is external or, even worse, nonexistent.…
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As many know, and especially those who may have young sons or daughters at colleges or universities, the last thing…
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