Will Self Quotes
One of the most heartening phenomena in today's Britain is the great diversity of the modern nerd - the nerd is out and proud, and while she may love 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' merchandise more than is strictly warranted, she is in every way to be cherished as an exemplar of cosmopolitanism and tolerance.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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It's nice to get any awards, whether it's lifetime achievement or the Keith Richards award for being alive one more year.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now?
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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Unfortunately, if you don't want to be in the spotlight, get out of it.
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I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
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I am very much a Republican.
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I follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.
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I know that I cannot be with a person for three hours without saying at least ten things that would kill me.
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McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance.
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My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.
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Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.
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Who is most deserving of all of the money that I, Zlatan, am paid? The answer is Zlatan.
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The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing.
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Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
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Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack.
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There is no moderator or ombudsman online, and while the transparency of the web usually means that information is self-correcting, we still have to keep in mind the responsibility each of us carries when the power of the press is at our fingertips and in our pockets.
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If you're a kid wanting to be a cartoonist today, and you're looking at Family Guy, you don't have to aim very high.
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Go back to what's good, what's certain, what's always there. You woke up today. Just start walking.
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One of the most heartening phenomena in today's Britain is the great diversity of the modern nerd - the nerd is out and proud, and while she may love 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' merchandise more than is strictly warranted, she is in every way to be cherished as an exemplar of cosmopolitanism and tolerance.
