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Anthony Powell was a famous Novelist from United Kingdom, who lived between December 21, 1905 and March 28, 2000.
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He/she is born under the zodiac sagittarius, who is known for Philosophical, Motion, Experimentation, Optimism.
Our collection contains 8 quotes who is written / told by Anthony.
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Famous quotes by Anthony Powell (8)
"People think that because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biography and memoirs can never be wholly true, since they cannot include every conceivable circumstance of what happened. The novel can do that"
"Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years"
"He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited"
"Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going on"
"Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed"
"Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years"
"Self-love seems so often unrequited"
"Books do furnish a room"
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