Will Self Quotes

As a species, we're addicted to the facile discrimination involved in saying that something or phenomenon is either 'this' or 'that' - how much more uncomfortable that it may well be 'the other'.

Will Self

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 26, 1961

Topics

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Even though there's a lot of horror from Asia in the American cinematic tradition, I hadn't seen Asians at the center of it.

John Cho

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Eviction is much more an inevitability than a result of irresponsibility.

Matthew Desmond

ResultMoreThanMuchInevitability

I often think about what love can inspire in the world, not just in the eyes of the object of your affection.

Michael Arden

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Authenticity is really important, and sometimes that's really hard to get.

Tom Freston

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I'm focused, as you can tell, on 2014 and on doing my job as a senator.

Rob Portman

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Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is a family issue.

Rosa DeLauro

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Someone gave me a piece of advice once, my first manager Lucien Hold. He said, 'If you do stand-up about your own life, no one can steal it.' I always thought that was the best piece of advice.

Mike Birbiglia

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When you're starting a company, almost anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and it will probably look like and feel like you made the absolute wrong decision to start the company. If you're not absolutely determined to solve a problem or see something through, it might not make sense to keep going.

Logan Green

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I'm from Florida, which I consider more southern. You cannot put Florida in the same category as California or New York.

Lois Frankel

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I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters.

Jonathan Demme

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Look at ISIS - without the Internet, they wouldn't exist in the same form. The Internet didn't create them, but the Internet facilitates them. And as we know from history, the facilitation is more dangerous than the cause, because the cause can be dealt with, but the facilitation is elusive.

Christoph Waltz

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I guess I'd like to have my cake and eat it, too. I want to be known for having a recognizable style. I believe having your own personal identity is what makes you competitive. On the other hand, I would like to be versatile and be challenged to go in new directions.

Cliff Martinez

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