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One has no talent. I have no talent. It’s just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.

Graham Greene

The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her.
GRAHAM GREENE

Love Relationship Talk
It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.
GRAHAM GREENE

Human Interest Strike
God save us always,’ I said ‘from the innocent and the good.
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God Goodness Innocence Save
A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.
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Choice Moments Story
People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations.
GRAHAM GREENE

Generalization Love Meaning People Quote
They are always saying God loves us. If thats love I’d rather have a bit of kindness.
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God Kindness Love Myself
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.
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Better Lying Seek Truth
Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.
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Absence Forever Time
I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.
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Existence God Hate Yourself
The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You’re there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see – every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.
GRAHAM GREENE

Boredom Greatness Party People Word Writing
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
Most things disappoint till you look deeper.
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Appearance Deep Disappoint
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.
GRAHAM GREENE

Challenge Lying Seek Success Truth
I aim to be content with what I produce. It’s an aim I never achieve, but I go over my work word by word, time and again, so as to be as little dissatisfied as possible.
GRAHAM GREENE

Achievement Content Goal Myself Possible Production Satisfaction Time Work
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
Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
GRAHAM GREENE

Bad Journalism Media Word

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