William T. Vollmann Quotes

When I'm dying, I want to think I did what I felt was best for the words I was writing. This may mean, at any time, that I won't be publishable anymore.

William T. Vollmann

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You were not created to just get by with an average, unrewarding, or unfulfilling life. God created you to leave your mark on this generation.

Joel Osteen

LifeGodGenerationYouLeaveMark

'Ocean's Kingdom' is a fairy story with no subtext, no resonance - it's not about anything except its water-logged plot.

Robert Gottlieb

OceanStoryFairyAnythingPlot

I like the 'Simpsons' pinball machines. Those are pretty great.

Matt Groening

GreatPrettyMachinesLikePinball

I took my children to see 'Son of Rambow,' about two boys who make a home movie with a video camera. When you have children, culturally you become involved in their life.

Sophie Thompson

LifeHomeSonChildrenCameraYou

I find I get fixed in my ways if I don't change. I think I take too many things for granted.

Roderick MacKinnon

ChangeThinkFindThingsTakeGet

I believe that the truest parts of people can be buried, and for many different reasons.

Mary Gaitskill

PeopleBelieveI BelieveDifferent

In many traditions, the world was sung into being: Aboriginal Australians believe their ancestors did so. In Hindu and Buddhist thought, Om was the seed syllable that created the world.

Jay Griffiths

WorldBelieveSeedThoughtAncestors

The happiest moment in my life? When my doctor told me I was completely cured of leukemia.

Jose Carreras

LifeMomentMeDoctorMy LifeCured

I spent most of my career in education and technology. I worked at Kaplan, and I was one of the first people trying to bring innovation into for-profit education.

Jose Ferreira

EducationTechnologyInnovationFirst

If you indulge yourself one day, you can eat more healthfully the next. To the degree you move in a healthful direction on the food spectrum, you're likely to feel better, lose weight, and gain health.

Dean Ornish

HealthFoodDayYourselfBetterYou

Do you think that the people of South Africa, or anywhere on the continent of Africa, or India, or Pakistan are longing to be kicked around all over again?

Arundhati Roy

PeopleThinkYouIndiaAfricaOver

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Winston Churchill

PoliticsWarYouDangerousAlmost

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