Will Self Quotes
I write because I feel driven to write. I write from a sense of inner necessity. I don't write for anything other than that.
Quotes to Explore
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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Unlike the Marxists, I have no mind block against the U.S.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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Our mission is to help founders and anyone or anything that helps founders helps us with our mission.
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What are the relationships between power and knowledge? There are two bad, short answers: 1. Knowledge provides an instrument that those in power can wield for their own ends. 2. A new body of knowledge brings into being a new class of people or institutions that can exercise a new kind of power.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
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You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
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People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you need to be able to fess up to what you've done.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.
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I do love writing. It doesn't come to me as readily as I think acting does. I think acting is in my instincts. Writing is a craft that I work very hard at. And I have to train and continue to develop.
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One of the easiest things in the world is not to write... If it were easy, everyone would do it.
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I had always been the theater nerd at Northwestern University. I knew I wanted to do acting, but I hated the idea of being this cliche - a girl from L.A. who decides to be an actress.
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I write because I feel driven to write. I write from a sense of inner necessity. I don't write for anything other than that.
