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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

He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.
GRAHAM GREENE

Goodness Himself Ignorance Intention
It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
GRAHAM GREENE

Impossible Life Oneself Prison Trust
All good novelists have bad memories.
GRAHAM GREENE

Bad Goodness Memories
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.
GRAHAM GREENE

Cold Diamond Heart Oneself Precious Value Warmth
We are all of us resigned to death: it’s life we aren’t resigned to.
GRAHAM GREENE

Assignment Death Life
An autobiography is only ‘a sort of life’ – it may contain less errors of fact than a biography, but it is of necessity even more selective: it begins later and it ends prematurely.
GRAHAM GREENE

Beginning Errors Life Necessary Selection
For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success.
GRAHAM GREENE

Artist Success Thinking
Most things disappoint till you look deeper.
GRAHAM GREENE

Appearance Deep Disappoint
People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations.
GRAHAM GREENE

Generalization Love Meaning People Quote
God save us always,’ I said ‘from the innocent and the good.
GRAHAM GREENE

God Goodness Innocence Save
I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.
GRAHAM GREENE

Existence God Hate Yourself
The hands of the guilty don’t necessarily tremble; only in stories does a dropped glass betray agitation. Tension is more often shown in the studied action.
GRAHAM GREENE

Action Betrayal Guilty Hands Necessary Study Tension
Politics, war, marriage, crime, adultery. Everything that exists in the world has something to do with money.
GRAHAM GREENE

Adult Crime Marriage Money Politics
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
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in…We should be thankful we cannot see the horrors and degradations lying around our childhood, in cupboards and bookshelves, everywhere.
GRAHAM GREENE

Book Childhood Future Moments Ourselves Thankful
We can love with our minds, but can we love only with our minds? Love extends itself all the time, so that we can love even with our senseless nails: we love even with our clothes, so that a sleeve can feel a sleeve.
GRAHAM GREENE

Clothes Love Mindset Ourselves Philosophy Time

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