"At school I had only admirers; I had…" — V.S. Naipaul
"At school I had only admirers; I had no friends."
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115 Quotes by V.S. Naipaul
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children,…
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I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when…
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Small things start us in new ways of thinking
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Life is a helluva thing. You can see trouble coming and you can't do a damn thing to prevent it…
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And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the…
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The melancholy thing about the world is that it is full of stupid people; and the world is run for…
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It has had a calamitous effect on converted peoples. To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your…
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All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the…
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But everything of value about me is in my books.
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Everybody is interesting for an hour, but few people can last more than two.
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What matters in the end in literature, what is always there, is the truly good. And- though played out forms…
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We cannot understand all the traits we have inherited. Sometimes we can be strangers to ourselves.
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I'd rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.
— E E Cummings
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Haters are just confused admirers.
— Justin Bieber
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Fear your admirers! Learn in time to hear, understand, and love the cruel truth about yourselves!
— Constantin Stanislavski
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I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my…
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly…
— Flannery O'Connor
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Usually, no one quite knew where Django Reinhardt was going to be, but I met his brother and about an…
— Charlie Byrd
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There are some writers who wrote too much. There are others who wrote enough. There are yet others who wrote…
— Margaret Drabble
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Spread the glad tidings that it will not disappoint Miss Heyer's many admirers. Judging from the letters I've received from…
— Georgette Heyer
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Young actors, fear your admirers! Learn in time, from your first steps, to hear, understand and love the cruel truth…
— Constantin Stanislavski
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I studied painting and sculpting at school and became an actress by mistake .... I've had many lovers and still…
— Gina Lollobrigida
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Haters are just confused admirers because they can't figure out the reason why everyone loves you.
— Jeffree Star
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Every one should consider himself as intrusted not only with his own conduct, but with that of others; and as…
— Samuel Johnson
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