"To Armenians, half Armenians, quarter Armenians, and one-eight……" — William Saroyan
"To Armenians, half Armenians, quarter Armenians, and one-eight Armenians. Sixteen and thirty-second Armenians, and other winners, are likelier to be happy with a useful book"
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117 Quotes by William Saroyan
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We get very little wisdom from success, you know.
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Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good someone else.
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Be grateful for yourself...be thankful.
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I always know a lie when I hear it, and the effect it has on me is no good at…
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How do you write? You write, man, you write, that's how, and you do it the way the old English…
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The purpose of writing is both to keep up with life and to run ahead of it. I am little…
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My work is writing, but my real work is being.
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Of all the things I love to taste, sweetest is the kiss of love.
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Of course if you like your kids, if you love them from the moment they begin, you yourself begin all…
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People is all everything is, all it has ever been, all it can ever be.
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Love doesn't have to be perfect. Even perfect, it is still the best thing there is, for the simple reason…
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The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is…
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He was so depressed, he tried to commit suicide by inhaling next to an Armenian.
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The most interesting acquaintanceship I have struck up here is that of Colonel Lapinski. He is without doubt the cleverest…
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The AXA and New York Life settlements are important building blocks not only toward seeking financial recovery for the losses…
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Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet…
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On the eve of World War I, an estimated two million Armenians lived in the Ottoman Empire. Well over a…
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When the Turkish authorities gave the orders for these deportations, they were merely giving the death warrant to a whole…
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The salvation of the country requires the elimination of the Armenians
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I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as…
— Alan Hovhaness
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The eyes of the Armenians speak long before the lips move and long after they cease to.
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Whoever heard of such a mixture of languages in one army, since there were French, Flemings, Frisians, Gauls, Sayonards, Lotharingians,…
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When I was younger, I was listening to a lot of Armenian music, you know, revolutionary music about freedom and…
— Serj Tankian
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Part of Sykes's motive was rooted in religiosity. A devout Catholic, he regarded a return of the ancient tribe of…
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