Willy Vlautin Quotes
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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
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I love talking about myself.
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Lebanese mezze, Cantonese dim sum and Basque pinchos have all evolved over years and are designed to make sense together.
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Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years.
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I tried for years to get an agent because I was told you needed an agent. The agent-hunting process was grim indeed.
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I think I've become more modest as the years have gone on.
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In Montreal, I kept thinking, 'Pay attention: this is the Olympics! It only happens once every four years!'
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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I started playing trumpet when I was 11 years old. All I wanted to be was a jazz trumpet player when I grew up.
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There is something joyous about not talking.
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I'm a Golden Globe nominee, yes. It's very nice. It's a very nice thing, but I kind of think of all the awards I wasn't ever nominated for, for years and things.
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I would rather do twenty TV series than go through what I went through under that Rank contract I signed a few years ago for which I blame no one but myself.
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One of the reasons I've gotten so attached to talking to scientists is that... they know there is a reality.
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Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.
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A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.
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After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.
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I made a living being a background singer for years.
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I always had a short bob with bangs, and I hated it. My mum would always say, 'A short hair cut is always the way to go for you.' I had it for fourteen years!
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The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.
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I train five days a week hard - but it is short and sharp - 30 to 40 minutes of functional and pretty dynamic body-strength circuits, then I do a good yoga session on the sixth day, then I rest.
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I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'
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Let the results be a by-product of you taking impeccable steps day-in and day-out.
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“I was tired of talking to you twenty minutes after I met you ten years ago.”
