Niall Williams Quotes
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'Girl, Interrupted' is one of my favorite movies.
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It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers.
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The marathon always starts after 30K. That's where the problems start. You start without any problems, without any pain. All the pain comes after 30K. Sometimes, it's possible to have pain even in the finger.
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It was really fun. Well, Bobby was just basically a folk singer. He didn't play with any bands or anything, like all the rest of us. Just played his guitar and sang his songs.
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Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard.
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I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born.
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I would say my dream collaboration would probably have to be with Drake. I think he is an amazing artist.
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One of the things that I try to be conscious about in crafting a song is the concept of bringing it home. I like to bring it somewhere familiar, someplace that people feel it's resolved, it's settled.
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There was a camera club at Columbia, where I was taking a painting course. And when I went down, somebody showed me how to use the stuff. That's all. I haven't done anything else since then, It was as simple as that. I fell into the business.
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When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.
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Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes.
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I want to direct. Definitely a goal of mine.
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International terrorists have proved quite skilled at misleading many people about what is actually happening here in the Caucasus, and they continue to mislead people today.
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Here is the beginning of philosophy: a recognition of the conflicts between men, a search for their cause, a condemnation of mere opinion .. . and the discovery of a standard of judgement.
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One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.
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People are odd creations, this is my theme.
