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Quote by Leon Uris

“I essentially write for myself.”

Quote by Leon Uris

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Leon Uris was a renowned American novelist, born on August 3, 1924, in New York City. Known for his historical novels, Uris was celebrated for his vivid imagination and profound depiction of historical events. His works often focused on the history and experiences of Jews, with novels like 'Mishael' and 'The Angry God' becoming particularly famous. more

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“So writing is a very, very difficult position to obtain... and retain.”

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“Usually a good part of the people trying it end up not making it.”

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“You can try to reach an audience, but you just write what comes out of you and you just hope that it is accepted. You do not write specifically to a generation.”

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“It is against stupidity in every shape and form that we have to wage our eternal battle. But how can we wonder at the want of sense on the part of those who have had no advantages, when we see such plentiful absence of that commodity on the part of those who have had all the advantages?”

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Book:In Darkest England and the Way Out

Source: In Darkest England and the Way Out

“A man's labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilize it, to prevent its wasteful squandering, to enable the poor man to bank it up for use hereafter, this surely is one of the most urgent tasks before civilization.”

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Book:In Darkest England, and the Way Out

Source: In Darkest England, and the Way Out

“The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice.”

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Book:In Darkest England and the Way Out

Source: In Darkest England and the Way Out

“I must assert in the most unqualified way that it is primarily and mainly for the sake of saving the soul that I seek the salvation of the body.”

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Book:In Darkest England and the Way Out

Source: In Darkest England and the Way Out

“When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all have to return to a new level of unconsciousness. All the reflection and all the doubts have to be laid aside before you start.”

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Author:Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

“Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote.”

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Author:Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

“But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music.”

Author:Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau