Will Self Quotes
When anyone starts out to do something creative - especially if it seems a little unusual - they seek approval, often from those least inclined to give it. But a creative life cannot be sustained by approval, any more than it can be destroyed by criticism - you learn this as you go on.

Quotes to Explore
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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I love my work, and I feel fortunate to be doing a job I love, but it isn't the centre of my life.
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I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.
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No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.
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I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.
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I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.
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I'm an entrepreneur. I'm married to an entrepreneur. So I haven't just sipped the entrepreneurship cool-aid, I bleed this stuff.
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I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut.
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I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.
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I get these weird divine feelings. They're, like, so strong I can't shake them.
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Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.
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The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.
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I've been taught in my life that you can have plans, but you can't count on them.
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It's very confusing when fame comes early on in your career. You get a little bit bent out of shape in terms of what's important. Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.
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I am not as simple as I look.
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My sole ambition is to rid Mexico of the class that has oppressed her and given the people a chance to know what real liberty means. And if I could bring that about today by giving up my life, I would do it gladly.
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Youth is really in your attitude, not in what you look like.
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In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand.
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La mémoire de la plupart des hommes est un cimetière abandonné, où gisent sans honneurs des morts qu'ils ont cessé de chérir.
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There are 3 or 4 important things in life: Books, Friends, Women…and Messi.
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We started off with this fairly grand concept of, if you were to tackle it at a children's level, eliminating war. What would you do?
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When anyone starts out to do something creative - especially if it seems a little unusual - they seek approval, often from those least inclined to give it. But a creative life cannot be sustained by approval, any more than it can be destroyed by criticism - you learn this as you go on.