Raymond E. Feist Quotes
Dolgan: ’Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ‘tis achieved. Rhuagh: True. And still wiser to know when it is unachievable, for then striving is folly.
Quotes to Explore
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We are wiser than we know.
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I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.
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The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.
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Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.
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When my wife passed, I stopped doing interviews and I stopped doing meet-and-greets, mostly because I sort of became this suicide ambassador. Everybody wanted to tell me their story.
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No, I haven't asked for a guy's number, but I've always wanted to.
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I read that book, 'Lonesome Dove,' and I told my agent that they were gonna make a miniseries out of it and I wanted to be in it. I didn't care what part.
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I've always wanted to act; I just didn't know how to get into it. It kind of just happened. Dance brought me into it.
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My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer.
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I was really into my studies and wanted to be a doctor.
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A lot of women say to me, 'You know, I really hated you because my kids wanted you to be their mother.'
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In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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I like to play things that people understand, or maybe tunes that they could recognize. And so — I play for the people, just as much as for myself. Because, as I say, I still like to play.
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The more you practice and study, the better you are so I still practice and study all the time.
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So wake me up when it's all over When I'm wiser and I'm older All this time I was finding myself And I didn't know I was lost
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I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.
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I still got the nasty in me.
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I've always been a fast reader. Now I had to do it slowly, discussing each sentence. And every time I wanted to change something I had to come up with an intelligent defense I could be pretty sure that they would turn my suggestion down, as they had so many aspects to keep in mind. However, if I argued well, I could have a chance. I had to think of every comma, every word.
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If nothing were substituted for everything, it would still be too much and too little.
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It does feel like the middle ground has fallen out. I'm only saying that from personal experience, saying, "I'd like to make that movie" and hearing, "Oh, they're not making those types of movies anymore."
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Being published in Arabic is a strong and consistent wish I have. I live in the Middle East and want to be in some sort of an unpragmatic dialogue with my neighbors.
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To protect one's identity is a Constitutional right.
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And upsidedown in the earth a dead man walks upon my soles when I walk.
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Dolgan: ’Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ‘tis achieved. Rhuagh: True. And still wiser to know when it is unachievable, for then striving is folly.
