Will Self Quotes
There's a flip side to having prominent public intellectuals, which is that they start meddling in politics and often with quite disastrous results.
Quotes to Explore
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Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.
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For a woman to consider a financial question was shuddered over as a profanity.
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
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Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
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My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.
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Then as everything, like I say, things started to come together, when things started to go our way, that's when you results started to come. I was no different driver. I was certainly learning every time I went in the car.
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In the music industry, intelligence in women is undervalued.
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Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.
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You can never solve a problem without talking to people with whom you disagree. The United States Senate is predicated and based on consensus building. That was certainly the vision of the founding fathers.
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I initially wanted to work in the music industry more on the A&R side. While I was in school, I began working in the New Business department of an advertising firm, and very quickly I was responsible for roughly 70% of their business, so you could say I had a natural knack for the advertising world.
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I lucked out when I started to sing. I'd already experienced failing at everything else.
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I don't want to be just a straight pop singer. I'm a vocalist and that's what I want to be seen as in the long run.
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Men aren't as strong and capable as we are. We're machines.
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I always said that I'm not the best singer in the world, just the loudest.
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A fundamental rule in technology says that whatever can be done will be done.
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What in the name of Hitler's panties and matching bra set was she talking about?
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The power of the gospel is the word of God . . . nobody needs a gospel if there’s no judgment, or law, if God is not a God of judgment. If there is no such thing as hell, what good is the gospel?
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We all start out with no discipline, no patience, no perseverance, no determination. We all start out at zero. People say, 'You have talent.' No, the gift is to realize that we all start out even. Whether we messed up or put our best foot forward, with these four qualities, we take care of our mental, physical and spiritual health each day. Am I the best in the world? No. The question is: Am I the best I can be?
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Emotionally men and women are different, but only as a result of the physical differences. It all comes back to our bodies.
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Our lives are the results of our choices. To blame and accuse other people, the environment, or other extrinsic factors is to choose to empower those things to control us.
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There's a flip side to having prominent public intellectuals, which is that they start meddling in politics and often with quite disastrous results.
