"A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of…" — Raymond Queneau
"A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation."
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26 Quotes by Raymond Queneau
Raymond Queneau has 26 quotes on this site.
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Happy nations have no history. History is the study of mankind's misfortune.
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Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end…
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True stories deal with hunger, imaginary ones with love.
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The poet is never inspired, because he is the master of that which appears to others as inspiration. He does…
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When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet…
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Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune.
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One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey.
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It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to…
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Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical…
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The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.
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All confessions are Odysseys.
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All societies are historical.
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I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns.
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Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
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What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.
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