Niall Williams Quotes
We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling.
Quotes to Explore
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I like to discover new things.
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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It's a very fascinating thing for an actor to play somebody who is suffering, and you have to express the suffering, but in an inarticulate way and sometimes a dysfunctional way, through violence.
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For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I looked like.
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I want to meet everybody on 'Disney Channel' and 'Disney XD' that are alive.
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All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.
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People around me like me the best when I'm depressed because I'm a bit more passive.
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I think women of our generation went through Cultural Revolution, went through hardship, coming from nowhere, and suddenly see China's amazing opportunity. So women just seized the opportunity.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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When you're on set, the crew are like your family because you see them every day, six days a week.
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I tell my wife she is only the third most important thing after my country and my parents, in that order.
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Fellini was a little lofty for a teenage boy, but certainly he was a huge influence.
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What literature can and should do is change the people who teach the people who don't read the books.
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You don't have anything if you don't have the stories.
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Stop the traffic...let 'em through.
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The ancient Egyptians used to say: if you say a man's name, he is alive. I take this opportunity to say, Jim Morrison.
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Before I started to make films, I didn't give much thought to the way the characters were physically positioned in the story world.
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When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With a real historical figure you have to be fair, and this is not an obligation you have in dealing with your own creations, so it is quite different.
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I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual. But I don't believe in things like guilt.
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We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling.
