W. G. Sebald Quotes
Physicists now say there is no such thing as time: everything co-exists. Chronology is entirely artificial and essentially determined by emotion. Contiguity suggests layers of things, the past and present somehow coalescing or co-existing.
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People forget I go to work. They forget that the Coleridge house was bought and paid for by the daughter of a travel agent and a barmaid from what the actor Richard Burton once described as the nightmarish 'featureless suburb' of Croydon.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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I feel like an alien. I feel people don't like me. People behaved strangely after 'Rockstar.'
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I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.
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Salaries and wages must reflect the reality of the enterprise's economic performance; deviations from the planned performance should be reflected in pay.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Sarcasm helps me overcome the harshness of the reality we live, eases the pain of scars and makes people smile.
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The interweb's got a weird vibe.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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I can beatbox. Well, sort of. I have one beat that I can do, but people get fooled.
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One of the banes of successful innovation is that companies may be so committed to innovation that they will give the innovators a lot of money to spend.
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I'm just trying to enjoy the fact that I have gained some respect from some people whom I respect.
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I suppose the most important thing is to stay interested. It's very easy in life if you get to a place where you're successful to hit the same groove on the record player over and over again because it's safe.
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I think when see you a character on the screen who is actually being touched by the world, and the stuff is actually landing on him, it makes you empathize.
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Physicists now say there is no such thing as time: everything co-exists. Chronology is entirely artificial and essentially determined by emotion. Contiguity suggests layers of things, the past and present somehow coalescing or co-existing.
