Sam Tanenhaus Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Sam Tanenhaus
We all nurture impulses which promise freedom from the demands of others, even if that freedom means death. — Sam Tanenhaus
It is hardly a coincidence that the cadences of Chambers's HUAC testimony should anticipate the prose of Witness. The House Committee on Un-American Activities had given him his true voice ... — Sam Tanenhaus
The Electroshock Novelist: The Alluring Bad Boy of Literary England Has Always Been Fascinated by Britain's Dustbin Empire. Now Martin Amis Takes On American Excess, — Sam Tanenhaus
Our nemesis is time, against which we have a single ally, memory, and even it betrays us. — Sam Tanenhaus
In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings. — Sam Tanenhaus
That image of a chessboard - an epic contest between two giant players, carefully nudging their pieces around the globe as part of a grand strategy - has indeed become a familiar metaphor for the Cold War. But it is misleading. Many decisions remembered today for their farsighted, tactical brilliance were denounced in their day as weak-willed. And big, public gestures often made less difference than the small, hidden ones. — Sam Tanenhaus