Angus Wilson Quotes
I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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I know girlfriends of mine who, when they were approaching pregnancy and starting a family, consistently went through a period right beforehand that was a last gasp kind of thing where they just wreak havoc. They fall apart, in a profound way, because there's some awareness that that's the last time they can do that for awhile.
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I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.
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I'd have loved to have appeared in 'Absolutely Fabulous' - that's one of my favourite shows.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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When it comes to extracurricular activities, many children are getting too much of a good thing.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I'm a voice for children's books and children's reading.
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All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it was I hit and I tell them I don't know except it looked good.
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
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The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine.
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Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.
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Certainly there is, for the American Negro artist who can escape the restrictions the more advanced among his own group would put upon him, a great field of unused material ready for his art.
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When I give notes on a script, I say, 'Guys, I may drift, but it's part of the process.' So I'm aware that I'm drifting, but I'm grabbing a lot of stuff.
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And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sittingOn the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door.
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It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.
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People ask me about fighting in real life and, honestly, it wouldn't look as graceful as it does in film and TV.
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I think that becoming a parent absolutely changes your entire life and certainly changes your work, and it has changed mine. It just allows you to have access to your emotions, even more than you already did. You're watching this little person grow in front of you, and you realize that you're seeing how precious life is and how quickly it goes. You get to things faster, even emotionally. I'm not as timid about reaching into some areas in myself and bringing that to my work.
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I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below.
