Julian Barnes In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued more highly than other elements in a work of art. – Julian Barnes Art Quotes Elements Quotes Highly Quotes Literature Quotes Nature Quotes Oppressive Quotes Society Quotes Truthtelling Quotes Valued Quotes Well, to be honest I think I tell less truth when I write journalism than when I write fiction. In Britain I’m sometimes regarded as a suspiciously Europeanized writer, who has this rather dubious French influence.
Gerard Butler I remember when ‘Grease’ came out, I used to force my mum to try and grease my hair back, and it was never long enough, and literally I’d be screaming at her, ‘Do it. Just do it!’. – Gerard Butler
Brandon Victor Dixon The biggest thing Motown did was change our social fabric: the way we interacted with each other as human beings. – Brandon Victor Dixon
Irwin Shaw Every novelist has a different purpose – and often several purposes which might even be contradictory. – Irwin Shaw
Eugen Herrigel This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And it can remain present because, even when related to this or that object, it does not cling to it by reflection and thus lose its original mobility. – Eugen Herrigel
Skip Bayless I grew up a Cowboys fan, attending my first game in 1960, the first year of their existence. – Skip Bayless
Rosanne Cash The new record started out being about loss, but it’s morphed into being about how relationships go on even though one person is not in a body anymore. – Rosanne Cash
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