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LIONEL SHRIVER I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn't care what he believed.
LIONEL BARRYMORE That boy hardly needed a mask when his naked face was already impenetrable.
LIONEL SHRIVER consistent affection for his characters is what sets Tolstoy apart. Flaubert is equally “objective...
LIONEL TRILLING People seem to get used to anything, and it is a short step from adaptation to attachment.
LIONEL SHRIVER It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief
LIONEL TRILLING On a personal note, I think it won't be until after I've retired that I'm fully aware of...
LIONEL MESSI I've been a Republican all my life because I embrace the conservative values of hard work, perso...
LIONEL SOSA When comparing 100 years of experience to 1, there is a way to close the gap. One must simply unders...
LIONEL SUGGS Experience teaches is such a lovely saying. However, when people try not to make the mistakes of wha...
LIONEL SUGGS Wisdom isn't built on experience; it's built on reason...
LIONEL SUGGS The secrets of the universe aren't really secrets. It's just that humanity is too subjugated by thei...
LIONEL SUGGS I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open s...
LIONEL BLUE Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was...
LIONEL BLUE I literally fell among Quakers when I went up to Oxford.
LIONEL BLUE To make a statement that one knows is false is more honest than to make a statement that one knows i...
LIONEL SUGGS When you value someone, it merely shows that you truly have no idea about the person that they aren'...
LIONEL SUGGS People lie to adapt...
LIONEL SUGGS I create lies for people in order for them to find something true about themselves. I teach people t...
LIONEL SUGGS Still, through a complex combination of optimism and longing and bravado, you would round it up. Whi...
LIONEL SHRIVER What would I have done if I'd been put to the test? Would I have risked my own life for people I...
LIONEL BLUE I still go to a Christian priory for retreats.
LIONEL BLUE The real evidence is not practically speaking in scholarship but in how Jesus and the Christianity b...
LIONEL BLUE If your enemy has the power to see into the future, make sure you are the author of that future.
LIONEL SUGGS When God plays chess, you will notice that he never has to move a single piece...in order to win.
LIONEL SUGGS To withdraw isn't a sign of weakness... It is a sign that a man knows the limits of his capabilities...
LIONEL SUGGS If you drop assumptions, and can anticipate the possibilities, you can master the art of strategy. H...
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