Daniel Woodrell Quotes
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I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.
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Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.
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When I was about 12, I was studying Chinese and ballet with my brother, and one morning Jonathan said to me, 'I don't think I'm going to go to ballet class anymore,' and I looked at him and said, 'You know, I don't think I'm going to go to Chinese class anymore.'
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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I happen to be half West Indian, but I don't know that side of my family.
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I am definitely a worrier.
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I'm a sucker for doing something fun. If somebody wants to pay me to learn how to fly a plane or be a better golfer, that certainly would be a plus - or if it's filming in Tahiti.
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Angels are like diamonds. They can't be made, you have to find them. Each one is unique.
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The idea of telling a story in reverse destabilises your ordinary moral reactions. That's one of the points of art - to challenge your preconceptions.
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We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.
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Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers here who are the most sophisticated commentators, but they're not asked. Like Don DeLillo, who sort of forecast most of the modern world before it happened.
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Talk when you talk, walk when you walk, and die when you die.
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All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.
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You don't have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them … One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. Dogs would pursue their natural lives in the wild … they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV.
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That's silly talk... Talk to my wife. She'll tell me I need to learn to just put my socks on the hamper.
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In the face of Russian aggression, we’re not going to turn our back to our allies in Europe. We’re going to stay united in NATO, which is the world’s strongest alliance.
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To observe attentively is to remember distinctly.
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It's important not to take all this fashion stuff too seriously, and I kind of love the idea of cheesiness.
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I relish simplicity as an all-comprehensive value.
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The master does his job and then stops. He understands that the universe is forever out of control, and that trying to dominate events goes against the current of the Tao.
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A book is a book is a book.
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The trouble with us is that the ghetto of the Middle Ages and the children of the twentieth century have to live under one roof.
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I liked my fellow Marines. I didn't like pointless orders.
