Will Self Quotes
As far as I can see, the history of experimental art in the twentieth century is intimately bound up with the experience of intoxification.
Quotes to Explore
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Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best.
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I had such an amazing time filming 'Major Movie Star.' I loved everyone in the cast. They all brought their own spirit to the film, and I hope that is what will be seen on screen.
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My parents live out in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of this peach orchard. It's actually Peach County, one of the largest peach-growing counties in Georgia. It's very rural, and there is nothing much going on, so I guess that's had a big influence on everything as far as just not having much to do.
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I'm going to find solutions wherever I can. I think it's all a priority. You can't just say, 'OK, I'm going to work on this but not that.' You have to work on all of it.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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When you're getting old, obviously you try to put on the best cream, you have massages, you try to stay beautiful, but I think wrinkles can sometimes be more beautiful than having none.
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A lasting two-state solution requires two credible partners, and not just one side - Israel - taking superficial steps simply to placate world opinion.
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Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.
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The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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I am an artist who works with Lego.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.
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I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I don't necessarily go out of my way to provoke, but I would much rather have a song that triggers a whole myriad of reactions than a song that inspires a shrug of the shoulder.
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I worked at a hospital parking cars and getting folks in and out of the hospital as they would come in for their appointments.
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I've done a lot of meditation studying on my own, but I've also taken a couple of transcendence classes.
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There are trappings of science fiction which I kind of embrace, but there are also cliches which I run from.
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I am a man of contradictions, I suppose.
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As far as I can see, the history of experimental art in the twentieth century is intimately bound up with the experience of intoxification.
