Quote by Manuel Puig
In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of out

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert? – Manuel Puig

Other quotes by Manuel Puig

I like the beauty of Faulkners poetry. But I dont like his themes, not at all. – Manuel Puig

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Beauty
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Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing. – Manuel Puig

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movies
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Ive never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized. – Manuel Puig

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Business
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Other Quotes from
History
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History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. – David McCullough

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History

After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixons tapes. – Bob Woodward

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History

A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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History

What is sad for women of my generation is that they werent supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown – watch the raindrops coming down the window pane? – Jackie Kennedy

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History

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If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work. – Ernest Hemingway

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In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Read my lips: no new taxes. – George Bush

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