A. N. Wilson Quotes
The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.
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As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
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One of the best teaching experiences Ed Schein and I had when we were teaching at MIT in the 1960s was inventing a course on leadership through film.
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.
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Y'know what? This is what I go by: It doesn't matter how good-looking a guy is, it just depends on his personality. If a guy can make you laugh and make fun of you, then that's what would win me over. So, yeah.
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Shooting is very challenging because 10 metre air rifle you have different rules, short gun you have different rules.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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It's easy to show off if you are making plays all the time. But it's not me.
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I pack on mass quickly when I lift.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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And if you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide, I think, a certain measure of truth from the public, and I think that's very important for the American public to know.
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I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.
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I could walk into anyone's home one time and draw a three-dimensional architectural plan of the inside of their home from memory, but I could not add up a column of numbers.
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I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.
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When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it.
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I love the Royal Family and every aspect of Britain and what we have achieved in history.
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The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please.
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Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
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I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.
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I finished 'The Hunger Games' trilogy, and I love most anything with zombies.
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I think all players reach a point in their career where it's natural to lose some of that hunger, that desire, to sort of break out or be a star.
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The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.
