Will Self Quotes
I enjoy doing very high mileages, partly out of masochism and also because I like to feel the shape of the landscape.
Quotes to Explore
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Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer. Leopards, cobras, monkeys, rivers and trees; they all served as my teachers when I lived as a wanderer in the Himalayan foothills.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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I personally love the record-making more than the actually performing and travelling. It's funny, the drastic shift in lifestyle that comes with it. It certainly satisfies my more adventurous side, but it leaves little time for contemplation and all of that.
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I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.
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We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.
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But from each crime are born bullets that will one day seek out in you where the heart lies.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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A reality that is electronic... Once everybody's got a computer terminal in their home, to satisfy all their needs, all the domestic needs, there'll be a dismantling of the present broadcasting structure, which is far too limited and limiting.
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I think people like it when you have a bit of personality.
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I like Public Enemy a great deal.
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I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.
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We all know Illinois has big challenges. And under Gov. Rauner, things have only gotten worse.
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It's very special having a new little girl.
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Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.
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I love linen in soothing colors for any room in the house.
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I always had a problem when someone was trying to place sport in social and political context. Sport is a separate and unique kind of human activity, which functions under its own rules and principles. It has nothing to do with the political agenda, and neither it should. When politics interferes with sport, unjust things happen.
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I'm definitely not a follower. This is our job. This is what we do. If you're not having fun here, you shouldn't be here.
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Every time I see documentaries or infomercials about little kids with cancer, I just freak out. It affects me on the highest emotional level... Anytime I think about it, it makes me sadder than anything I can think of.
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I've always done what I thought was good if I could live on what they were offering-and sometimes if I couldn't. So even when I was broke, my career didn't lack for interest.
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I enjoy doing very high mileages, partly out of masochism and also because I like to feel the shape of the landscape.
