"Narration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood."

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Source : "Best Story; Narrate Or Die" by A.S. Byatt, www.nytimes.com. April 18, 1999.

A. S. Byatt

#Blood Quotes #Human Nature Quotes #Circulation Quotes

“I commit to most things I do in life, so I don't really have any serious regrets. But I'll say this: There are plenty of people that I wish I could un-meet. It's kind of an L.A. syndrome.”
“Being a son of the pastor, I was never allowed to play Joseph or any of the big parts for political reasons.”

Source : "The Devil in Tom Ellis". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 23, 2015.
“A small mind is obstinate. A great mind can lead and be led.”

Source : Alexander Cannon (2012). “The Invisible Influence”, p.6, David & Charles
“Happiness is a state of activity.”
“So easy to take it for granted, but this is something no normal human was made to see. The world of magic has blessed me with wonders and it's only right to stop every now and then to appreciate it.”
“I wouldn't feel good about it at all. At the end of the day I'm here to win a team prize, and that's to win a championship, not an individual prize.”
“Can Ken Starr ignore the apparent breadth of the sympathetic response to the President's speech? Facially, it finally dawned on me that the person Ken Starr has reminded me of facially all this time was Heinrich Himmler, including the glasses. If he now pursues the President of the United States, who, however flawed his apology was, came out and invoked God, family, his daughter, a political conspiracy and everything but the kitchen sink, would not there be some sort of comparison to a persecutor as opposed to a prosecutor for Mr. Starr?”

Source : "Olbermann Compares Bush White House to Clinton's 'White House in Crisis'" by Brent Baker, www.newsbusters.org. October 21, 2005.
“I've always had an involved imagination.”

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