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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Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.
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In life, sometimes you just lose.
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I never read about photography.
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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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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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Sometimes I feel like an impostor, and I have to remind myself, 'You are able to do this.' I look at the books on the shelf that have my name on them to remind myself I have done it before and, likely, I can do it again.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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Time will heal everything.
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I've never wanted to be the boss.
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I believe sometimes we aren't always in charge of everything that we do creatively. We submit to things as we're going on our own journey.
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I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.
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One way to ease liquidity for banks is that the government can buy all highly rated securities held by the banks. Every single bank in the U.A.E. has some sovereign debts in their portfolios. I am not asking them to buy any junk bonds, rather the high quality U.A.E. government debt.
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It is because we underrate thought, because we do not see what a great element it is in religious life, that there is so little of practical and consistent religion among us.
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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.
