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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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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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 would never try to invalidate someone's opinion of something or the feelings something makes them feel.
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Man, it seems to me, is not in history: he is history.
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I got my first Charvet knit tie when I was 15. I actually stole it from my father. I love them because you can wear them day to night. They're French and preppy and have been around since the 1800s.
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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Let it be fact, one feels, or let it be fiction; the imagination will not serve under two masters simultaneously.
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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.
