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All good novelists have bad memories. What you remember comes out as journalism; what you forget goes into the compost of the imagination.

Graham Greene

There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.
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Joke Side Victim
In our hearts there is a ruthless dictator, ready to contemplate the misery of a thousand strangers if it will ensure the happiness of the few we love.
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Heart Leadership Love Misery Stranger
It’s a strange thing to discover and to believe that you are loved when you know that there is nothing in you for anybody but a parent or a God to love.
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Believe Discover God Love Parents Strange Yourself
I can’t talk you in terms of time –your time and my time are different
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Different Myself Talk Time
We forget very easily what gives us pain.
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Easy Forget Pain
The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
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Human Mathematics Philosophy Pursue Reality Relation Truth Value Worth
Most things disappoint till you look deeper.
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Appearance Deep Disappoint
Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
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Guard Harm Innocence Protection Wisdom World
It’s a good world if you don’t weaken.
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Goodness Weakness World Yourself
There is a point of no return, unremarked at the time, in most lives.
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Live Point Return Time
Of two hearts one is always warm and one is always cold: the cold heart is more precious than diamonds: the warm heart has no value and is thrown away.
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Cold Diamond Heart Oneself Precious Value Warmth
Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
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Bad Journalism Media Word
In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
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Human Kindness Relationship Truth Worth
All good novelists have bad memories. What you remember comes out as journalism; what you forget goes into the compost of the imagination.
GRAHAM GREENE

Bad Forget Goodness Imagination Journalism Memories Yourself
Hate is a lack of imagination.
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Hate Imagination One Liner
One has no talent. I have no talent. It’s just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.
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Question Talent Time Willing Work

All good novelists have bad memories. What you remember comes out as journalism; what you forget goes into the compost of the imagination.

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