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William T. Vollmann Quotes

My father grew up in an era when to be an American - a white American, at least - was to be yourself. In some respects, his generation was more ignorant, complacent, self-centered and parochial than mine.

William T. Vollmann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: July 28, 1959

Topics

Father Yourself Be Yourself American

We've all got a black book of missed opportunities.

Jim Broadbent

Book Opportunities Black Missed Got

If society is a ship, it appears to many to be firmly at anchor in moral waters. Perhaps this isn't so.

Jesse Ball

Society Ship Moral Anchor Many

I think 'Rheingold' has symbolic meaning of what happens in the world when you're running after the Rhine gold, after the gold. It doesn't end very well. It's kind of a reminder of the values of life, and I think 'The Ring,' in a way, is kind of a prediction of Wagner of what would happen in the world.

Andris Nelsons

Life Gold World Think End Meaning

I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear.

Robert Staughton Lynd

Quiet Sometimes Difficulties Half

By default, most of us have taken the dare to simply survive. Exist. Get through. For the most part, we live numb to life - we've grown weary and apathetic and jaded... and wounded.

Ann Voskamp

Life Live Survive Dare Through Numb

I took it personal. I got slammed quite a bit.

Steve Carlton

Personal Got Quite Took Slammed Bit

Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Artist Go Want Fundamentals Try See

Have a vision. It is the ability to see the invisible. If you can see the invisible, you can achieve the impossible.

Shiv Khera

Vision Impossible You Achieve See

One of the dominant styles of the decade following the Second World War was that of Dan Barry. He flourished in the years during which comic books were expanding into new categories - realistic adventure, true crime, romance, Western, sophisticated fantasy.

Ron Goulart

Adventure War World New True Crime

Throughout my first year in office, I have stood up for principles that will guide our country back toward the path of freedom and prosperity.

Jason Chaffetz

Freedom Path Year Back Country Will

When lorry drivers come up behind me and I'm cycling, innocently keeping to my side of the road, and they decide because they are so big, and their lorry is so powerful, and they just want to clear me out of the road, and they hoot aggressively, then I do see red a bit. I do.

Boris Johnson

Red Me Road Powerful Want See

I could walk and swim at 10 months old.

Brandon Cruz

Walk Old Swim Months Could