"For a human being, nothing comes naturally,' said……" — Philip Pullman
"For a human being, nothing comes naturally,' said Grumman. 'We have to learn everything we do."
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176 Quotes by Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman has 176 quotes on this site.
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Gradually, at various points in our childhoods, we discover different forms of conviction. There's the rock-hard certainty of personal experience…
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For a long time I thought I was a poet, but that's a high title to claim.
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I don't know where my ideas come from, but I know where they come to. They come to my desk,…
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If you want to write anything that works, you have to go with the grain of your talent, not against…
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We have to learn everything we do.
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And among academicians, and among spirits. I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of…
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Once upon a time lasts forever
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I got a book token for Christmas and exchanged it for a book called A History of Art, and that…
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I was born in Norwich in 1946, and educated in England, Zimbabwe, and Australia, before my family settled in North…
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What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write…
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My books are about killing God.
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What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is…
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I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
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Mere numbers cannot bring out ... the intimate essence of the experiment. This conviction comes naturally when one watches a…
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Western liberal humanism is not something that comes naturally to us: like an appreciation of art or poetry, it has…
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The ability to relax and be mindfully present in the moment comes naturally when we are grateful.
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Storytelling comes naturally to humans, but since we live in an unnatural world, we sometimes need a little help doing…
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Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Few have excellence thrust upon them ... They achieve it. They do not…
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To bring about destruction by overcrowding, mass starvation, anarchy, the destruction of our most cherished values, there is no need…
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Basil Fawlty was an easy character for me. For some reason, portraying a mean uptight incompetent bully comes naturally to…
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You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.
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I love comedy, and I think thats sort of what comes naturally to me.
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