Damian Barr Quotes
I could never do just one thing, but everything I do is in the direction of stories. Sometimes writing them, sometimes showcasing them, sometimes letting people see them.
Quotes to Explore
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One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.
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Sometimes, just the act of venting is helpful. Counseling provides a safe haven for precisely that kind of free-ranging release: You can say things in the therapist's office, with the therapist present, that would be incendiary or hurtful in your living room.
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.
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Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.
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I have never planned to have babies by a certain age.
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In life, sometimes you just lose.
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I never read about photography.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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I've led a charmed life. I've known people who have been depressed, and I've never had that.
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I have never been worried about the future. I will always be able to drive my own feet.
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What I tend to get from America is very enthusiastic letters and e-mail from librarians and schoolteachers, the gatekeepers, though I hesitate to use that word. I've never been a huge seller.
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You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
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He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.
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The juices never stop flowing. I still write songs.
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Most of us would never consider getting our car repaired without first receiving an estimate of the charges, but this is exactly what we do when we need to go to a hospital for treatment.
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It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it.
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Never have anyone else carry your luggage. Pack only what you need.
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What is it precisely, that feeling of 'returning' from a poem? Something is lighter, softer, larger - then it fades, but never completely.
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I like very girly, retro inspired, feminine, floral things. I'm not very edgy.
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Oh, how I vainly wished to the bearded man in the sky that I was Neapolitan. Why? So I could bring in a fine Neapolitan pest control to help with Queensberry's problem before it gets out of hand.
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Alcohol is the monarch of liquids.
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I could never do just one thing, but everything I do is in the direction of stories. Sometimes writing them, sometimes showcasing them, sometimes letting people see them.
