"People should decide on the books' meanings for……" — Philip Pullman
"People should decide on the books' meanings for themselves. They'll find a story that attacks such things as cruelty, oppression, intolerance, unkindness, narrow-mindedness, and celebrates love, kindness, open-mindedness, tolerance, curiosity, human intelligence."
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Philip Pullman
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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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In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep…
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We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization,…
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We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against…
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When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to…
— Michele Bachmann
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Patriarchy is a bully notion, which if you will notice never attacks a nation that can defend itself. Zionism is…
— Roseanne Barr
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Judaism is one of the last of the world's matrilineal philosophies. Matriarchies are always the cultures that patriarchy attacks and…
— Roseanne Barr
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Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.
— Bruce Barton
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is…
— Samuel Adams
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No one doubts that innocent men, women and children have been the victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. And…
— Joe Biden
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Al-Qa'ida does not follow a traditional command structure, wear uniforms, carry its arms openly, or mass its troops at the…
— John O. Brennan
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As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots…
— John O. Brennan
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As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qa'ida, the Taliban, and associated…
— John O. Brennan
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