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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Many past products advertised in old publications can be profitably promoted all over again. Sometimes, just by giving them a new twist or modern application, you'll hit a real winner.
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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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I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
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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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And the kittykats would have to erect scaffolding and a pulley to get him down. Mind you, I wouldn't put that past them. Sometimes when they are behind the sofa supposedly purring, I think they are drilling.
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What you've got to do is recognize that you don't control everything for a start, you've got to play the cards you're dealt, the hand of cards you're dealt, as best you can, and that's what I always seek to do.
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We've all done things we shouldn't, it's just I did stuff at college, when nobody knew about it, so I'm not a saint. … I wasted time doing self-destructive things but it didn't work. I found out you can only dance on so many tabletops. I got that all out of my system and now I'm healthy and I'm grounded.
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The very greatest is the alphabet, for in it lies the deepest wisdom; yet only he can fathom it, who truly knows how to put it together.
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My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.
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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.
