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Rebecca West Quotes

In these pages your imaginations, your desires, your passions are given life; Thoughts take shape that turn into dreams and our aspirations all start with a dream. Reading is where those dreams really can come true over and over again Picture Quote #1

Margaret Thatcher has one great advantage - she is a daughter of the people and looks trim, as the daughter of the people desire to be. Shirley Williams has such an advantage over her because she’s a member of the upper-middle class and can achieve the kitchen-sink revolutionary look that one cannot get unless one has been to a really good school Picture Quote #1

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience Picture Quote #1

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts Picture Quote #1

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example Picture Quote #1

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide Picture Quote #1

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He is every other inch a gentleman Picture Quote #1

Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself Picture Quote #1

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge Picture Quote #1

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster Picture Quote #1

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space Picture Quote #1

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse Picture Quote #1

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I had come to Yugoslavia to see what history meant in flesh and blood Picture Quote #1

You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is Picture Quote #1

I cannot see that art is anything less than a way of making joys perpetual Picture Quote #1

Art is not a luxury, but a necessity Picture Quote #1

The earth itself is slightly resistant to routine Picture Quote #1

Existence in itself, taken at its least miraculous, is a miracle Picture Quote #1

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Reason’s a thing we dimly see in sleep Picture Quote #1

When anything important has to be written... I think your hand concentrates for you Picture Quote #1

Art is at least in part a way of collecting information about the universe Picture Quote #1

A child is an adult temporarily enduring conditions which exclude the possibility of happiness Picture Quote #1

Music is a missionary effort to colonize earth for imperialistic heaven Picture Quote #1

All disgrace smells alike. Differences in ruin are only matters of degree Picture Quote #1

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The day was so delightful that I wished one could live slowly as one can play music slowly Picture Quote #1

Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization Picture Quote #1

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk Picture Quote #1

A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere Picture Quote #1

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology Picture Quote #1

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves Picture Quote #1

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In these pages your imaginations, your desires, your passions are given life; Thoughts take shape that turn into dreams and our aspirations all start with a dream. Reading is where those dreams really can come true over and over again. (Rebecca West Quotes) Margaret Thatcher has one great advantage - she is a daughter of the people and looks trim, as the daughter of the people desire to be. Shirley Williams has such an advantage over her because she’s a member of the upper-middle class and can achieve the kitchen-sink revolutionary look that one cannot get unless one has been to a really good school. (Rebecca West Quotes) Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience (Rebecca West Quotes) Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts (Rebecca West Quotes) But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example (Rebecca West Quotes) God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide (Rebecca West Quotes) He is every other inch a gentleman (Rebecca West Quotes) Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself (Rebecca West Quotes) International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge (Rebecca West Quotes) It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster (Rebecca West Quotes) Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space (Rebecca West Quotes) Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse (Rebecca West Quotes) I had come to Yugoslavia to see what history meant in flesh and blood (Rebecca West Quotes) You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is (Rebecca West Quotes) I cannot see that art is anything less than a way of making joys perpetual (Rebecca West Quotes) Art is not a luxury, but a necessity (Rebecca West Quotes) The earth itself is slightly resistant to routine (Rebecca West Quotes) Existence in itself, taken at its least miraculous, is a miracle (Rebecca West Quotes) Reason’s a thing we dimly see in sleep (Rebecca West Quotes) When anything important has to be written... I think your hand concentrates for you (Rebecca West Quotes) Art is at least in part a way of collecting information about the universe (Rebecca West Quotes) A child is an adult temporarily enduring conditions which exclude the possibility of happiness (Rebecca West Quotes) Music is a missionary effort to colonize earth for imperialistic heaven (Rebecca West Quotes) All disgrace smells alike. Differences in ruin are only matters of degree (Rebecca West Quotes) The day was so delightful that I wished one could live slowly as one can play music slowly (Rebecca West Quotes) Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization (Rebecca West Quotes) It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk (Rebecca West Quotes) A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere (Rebecca West Quotes) Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology (Rebecca West Quotes) Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves (Rebecca West Quotes)

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