Will Self Quotes
I like texting as much as the next kidult - and embrace it as yet more evidence, along with email, that we live now in the post-aural age, when an unsolicited phone call is, thankfully, becoming more and more understood to be an unspeakable social solecism, tantamount to an impertinent invasion of privacy.
Quotes to Explore
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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When we begin to desire a thing, to yearn for it with all our hearts, we begin to establish relationship with it in proportion to the strength and persistency of our longing and intelligent effort to realize it.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.
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I like dogs, I just don't choose to spend time with them.
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But I have to say I'm incredibly proud of the Panther Racing National Guard Team, and in my IndyCar career there's not many races where I've honestly left the track feeling that we've executed everything perfectly. And I have to say, I thought they did an absolute phenomenal job. The pit stops were just first class.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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It's possible to look really cute and still be comfortable. You don't have to kill your feet to have a fashionable look.
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I can tell you that my family in the absolute worst of times has seen the absolute best in people. And, that has given us more strength than could ever imagine.
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Some may think fashion is frivolous, but the way I see it, when you dress well, you add beauty to the world. And there's nothing wrong with that, right?
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You cannot put 50 years of the Marvel universe into a movie. It's impossible.
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Surviving is the only glory in war.
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While I was doing 'The Newsroom,' I always had the news on on different networks on different TVs around my house and around my office.
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I started lip-synching with "Losing My Religion." There were a few horrendous mistakes we made, but I own those mistakes. I'm embarrassed by them. I always say when I look back at anything I've ever done, it's with equal dollops of humiliation and triumphant glory.
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The ultimate lesson is that there is no immunity, no matter our age or the size of our retirement account, from going through constant cycles of integration and disintegration in which we are humbled and hopefully set to rights with the world again.
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I remember failing reading in school at a young age, and you just kinda get left behind and I felt helpless.
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I like texting as much as the next kidult - and embrace it as yet more evidence, along with email, that we live now in the post-aural age, when an unsolicited phone call is, thankfully, becoming more and more understood to be an unspeakable social solecism, tantamount to an impertinent invasion of privacy.
