William Sansom quotes
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“A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies a deeper one of wonder at it all.”
-- William SansomSource : 'Blue Skies, Brown Studies' (1961) 'From a Writer's Notebook'
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“A Status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.”
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“London is a bad habit one hates to lose.”
-- William SansomSource : William Sansom (1961). “Blue Skies, Brown Studies”
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“A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment.”
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“If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.”
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Source : A. E. Hotchner (2009). “Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir”, p.14, Da Capo Press
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“The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.”
Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.27, Macmillan
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Source : Abba Eban (1969). “My people: the story of the Jews”, George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
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Source : Abolqasem Ferdowsi (2006). “Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings”, p.289, Penguin
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