"Writers should provoke disagreement." — V.S. Naipaul
"Writers should provoke disagreement."
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V.S. Naipaul
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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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Healthy disagreement, debate, leading to compromise has always been the American way.
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In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
— Dalai Lama
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Just as war is freedom's cost, disagreement is freedom's privilege.
— William J. Clinton
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Death is but a transition from this life to another existence where there is no more pain and anguish. All…
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or…
— Colin Powell
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Ultimately there can be no disagreement between history, science, philosophy, and theology. Where there is disagreement, there is either ignorance…
— Mortimer Adler
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The Wisdom is old, the Koran is old, the Bible is old. Disagreements? Work 'em out.
— Paul Simon
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If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations-then so…
— Arthur Eddington
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If those who do not possess knowledge avoid the scholarly discussions, disagreement will end.
— Al-Ghazali
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If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of…
— Nicholas Stern
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The misconception that there is serious disagreement among scientists about global warming is actually an illusion that has been deliberately…
— Al Gore
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Contention, especially violence, is not the way to deal with our problems. Unfortunately, television, videos, movies, and electronic games teach…
— Unknown Author
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