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Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] QUERY: Source for quotation
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:26:28 +0100 (CET)
From: soloviev@irit.fr
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
References: <cbe.32bebfff.36a7b3f6@aol.com>

In France BHL (Bernard-Henri Lévy ) is a rather notorious
personage. Probably he sees himself as a great philosopher,
and certain part of the media likes him very much because
he is eager to mix up with every theme "a la mode", looks
well at TV shows etc, but as far as I know more serious
people do not consider his declarations as fiable, everything
he says has to be checked at least twice - if it is of any
relevance at all.

Best regards,

Sergei Soloviev

>
>
> In a message dated 20/01/2009 20:42:17 GMT Standard Time, nabokv-l@UTK.EDU
> writes:
>
> For the Obama inauguration, on France 2 TV Bernard-Henri Lévy said that
> Nabokov always said that one can judge a man by the way he speaks. He was
> speaking French and there was no direct quotation, but can anyone
> identify the
> source, when and where Nabokov related this?
>
>
> Nabokov ALWAYS said this? How would one reconcile this with Nabokov's
> written assertion: "I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished
> author, and
> I speak like a child"?
>
> Anthony Stadlen
>
>
>
>
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