Events Quotes — Page 36

Philosopher, Statesman

“A picture should be a re-creation of an event rather than an illustration of an object; but there is no tension in the picture unless there is a struggle with the object.”

Struggle Events Illustration

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Marcus Aurelius

Philosopher, Emperor

“Time is like a river made up of the events which happen, and a violent stream; for as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place, and this will be carried away too.”

Events Rivers Violent

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

Politician, Philosopher, Orator

“Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.”

Men Issues

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

Politician, Philosopher, Orator

“Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.”

Events Certain

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Marcus Aurelius

Philosopher, Emperor

“All those [events in history] were such dramas as we see now, only with different actors.”

Different Drama Events

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Marcus Aurelius

Philosopher, Emperor

“Do what nature now requires. Set thyself in motion, if it is in thy power, and do not look about thee to see if any one will observe it; nor yet expect Plato's Republic: but be content if the smallest thing goes on well, and consider such an event to be no small matter.”

Looks Events Plato

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

Politician, Philosopher, Orator

“Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events.”

World Made Events

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Geoff Dyer

Author

“People say it's not what happens in your life that matters, it's what you think happened. But this qualification, obviously, did not go far enough. It was quite possible that the central event of your life could be something that didn't happen, or something you thought didn't happen. Otherwise there'd be no need for fiction, there'd only be memoirs and histories.”

People Thinking Events

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Nicholson Baker

Author

“In the novel, I can change things and simplify, and make events work towards whatever meanings I'm trying to get at more efficiently.”

Trying Events Simplify

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Nicholson Baker

Author

“It's true that I don't rearrange that much in the fiction, but I feel if you change even one name or the order of one event then you have to call it fiction or you get all the credits of non-fiction without paying the price.”

Order Names Events

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James A. Baldwin

Writer

“The occurrence of an event is not the same thing as knowing what it is that one has lived through.”

Knowing Events

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Italo Svevo

Novelist

“The fancies of wine are authentic events.”

Wine Events Fancy

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