Andrew O'Hagan Quotes

As an old creative industry full of cruelty and moral sense, British journalism once flourished on the imperative that people required the truth in order to survive. But people don't require that now. They want sensation and they want it for nothing.

Andrew O'Hagan

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I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26 years now.

Jim Harrison

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I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I find it very strange when people say that they are trying to solve 'Uncle Vanya' or find a solution for 'Henry V.' Plays aren't puzzles. They are about playing. But so much theatre has become about performing and acting rather than playing, which is a great pity because audiences are captivated by watching people play.

Robert Lepage

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I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time.

John Philip Sousa

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Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is what gives each of us the sense that we are worthy human beings.

Steven Pinker

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In order for me to be hurt by you, I have to respect you. I don't respect these hateful Internet trolls who have nothing better to do than attack my looks or the way I speak.

Tomi Lahren

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The manner of the country makes the usage of life there, and the land will not be lived in except in its own fashion.

Mary Hunter Austin

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Risk it; go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.

Mary Quant

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The Internet is a good way to try some stuff with no big crew and no money being spent. Since there are no stakes to it, you can try to be a little experimental.

Jonathan Krisel

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The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music.

Bobby Vinton

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I don't think we should be deceived that art is such a moral thing.

Svetlana Alexievich

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I hated improvisation because in my early days as an actor, improvisation meant somebody had just come down from Oxford and they were doing a play above a pub in Kentish Town, and the biggest ego would win.

Peter Capaldi

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