Errol Morris Quotes

If we're reading a first-person account, we know that each and every one of us, myself included, have a great desire to be seen in a certain way, or to be perceived in a certain way. It's unavoidable.

Errol Morris

Recitation: by Male by Female

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GreatMyselfReadingDesireKnowUs

Long before I was a writer, when I was just a haphazard reader and a dreamer of stories, I learnt about an influential book by Harold Bloom. 'The Anxiety of Influence', published in 1973 when I was five years old, is taken up with the terrifying influence of poets on each other.

Andrew O'Hagan

InfluenceBookAnxietyDreamerLong

I've seen people spend days, if not months, researching and gathering data, but only at the end did they finally figure out what they were really looking for; then they have to redo a lot of stuff. If after a day or so you force yourself to put together your tentative conclusions, then you'll have guidance for the rest of your research.

Robert Pozen

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It is imperative for us to protect the flora and fauna around us.

Anand Mahindra

ProtectUsAroundFloraImperative

People just don't like me, and it's unfortunate, because I'm trying to get people to come down and visit New Zealand. I'm an ambassador for New Zealand... it's kind of sad.

Steven Adams

SadPeopleMeTryingDownNew

Conscious thought is the tidying up at the end.

Mason Cooley

ThoughtEndUpConscious

America is about to turn the page on Barack Obama's four-year experiment in big government.

Mitch McConnell

GovernmentAmericaPageTurnBig

I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.

Dolly Parton

WorkDayPeopleNightWeekStage

I think, we all learned that when we are afraid it's easy to want to blame, and the people we want to blame are the people who don't look like us.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

PeopleBlameThinkEasyLookWant

You're not going to hear me sing about being on a tractor or being married... because I don't know anything about that.

Christian Kane

MeYouKnowAnythingTractorGoing

I have no idea whether I'm any good or not. Still waiting, like most actors, for somebody to find out one day that I can't do it.

Art Malik

GoodDayWaitingFindOne DayOut

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

Winston Churchill

ImportantRightHonestFineVery

Nick Knight was my first big gig as a 'real' model. Prior to and during 'ANTM,' I never actually called myself a model because I always viewed it as a hobby.

Winnie Harlow

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