Nadine Gordimer Famous Quotes



Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this that we may think what we like and say what we think.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.


Nadine Gordimer Quotations






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Johann von Goethe

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... it's simply wrong to always order kids to stop that fighting. There are times when one child is simply defending his rights and damned well should be fighting.
Erma Bombeck

"Grubb goes back, back... He's under the warning track and makes the play."
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"I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't luckily have to bother about that."
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