Iris Murdoch

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Quotes

• Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Iris Murdoch?

  • → College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night?
  • → Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
  • → Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money.
  • → The question isn’t at what age I want to retire, it’s at what income.
  
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• Pick the quote attributed to Iris Murdoch.

  • → Saintliness is also a temptation.
  • → Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.
  • → People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow up.
  • → I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.
  
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• Select the quotation attributed to Iris Murdoch.

  • → Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.
  • → Youth is wasted on the young.
  • → Women want men, careers, money, children, friends, luxury, comfort, independence, freedom, respect, love, and three dollar pantyhose that won't run.
  • → Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.
  
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