Wesley Willis Quotes
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There may be an evolutionary advantage for schizophrenia genes during famine.
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The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could possibly want and who is destroyed by his personal demons.
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Everybody has their demons; everyone has their challenges.
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I do put a lot of God in my music, but not because I'm super religious. There are a lot of demons in my music, too. I acknowledge both.
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There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia', but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event.
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Be careful when you cast out your demons that you don’t throw away the best of yourself.
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It turns out I have clinical schizophrenia. The unborn chicken voices were telling me to kill my family.
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Sometimes I feel like I'm possessed with a multitude of demons.
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You struggle with your demons and you conquer them.
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But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.
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I used to worry when I was a teenager, even into my twenties, after I'd heard something about schizophrenia and how people just suddenly become schizophrenic that I was insane.
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I have my own demons, my own pain and darkness, but I choose to embrace them and look at them head-on and deal with them. Then it doesn't hurt, and you learn from it.
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Demons are like obedient dogs; they come when they are called.
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I think the tradition of well-written history hasn't been squashed out of the academic world as much in Britain as it has in the United States.
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I think God has blessed this country with enormous natural resources, and we should pursue all of the above. We should be developing oil, and gas, and coal, and nuclear, and wind, and solar, and ethanol, and biofuels. But, I don't believe that Washington should be picking winners and losers.
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Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!
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I loved working with kids, and kids are the most incredibly discerning audience. And if they don't believe you, they will tell you and let you know. I mean, kids is where it's at, really.
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It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance.
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The brain is the first broadcasting station ever invented.
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I am always interested in an opportunity to learn something.
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Why are young adults so self-centered and always seeking instant gratification? Because older adults, often in positions of power, paint them that way.
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The school systems at my childhood had enough money or enough parent involvement that they felt like learning music and songs, and exploring the whole pop or classical canon, were just as important as algebra or biology. Music is such a visceral and tactile experience for a kid, and to just replace that with video games or something that doesn't have the same sort of physical impact would definitely be a poor choice, and have a negative impact.
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Schizophrenia demons live in my head.
