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> [I don't desire happiness. I think it's a myth, and I don't think it's... and it makes you complacent. I feel very satisfyingly uncomfortable. I have the freedom to feel uncomfortable in the way I want to, is maybe a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/i-don-t-desire-happiness-i-think-it-s-a-myth-and-i-don-t-think-it-s/)

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## More by Beau Willimon

> [Every director is different. One of the great things about getting to work with so many directors in one TV series is collaborating with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/every-director-is-different-one-of-the-great-things-about-getting-to/)

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> [You always want to try, in everything you do, to attempt something you've never tried before, and the only way to succeed at that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/you-always-want-to-try-in-everything-you-do-to-attempt-something-you/)

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> [This is the way I think about politics: We want two diametrically opposed things from a politician. On one hand we want them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/this-is-the-way-i-think-about-politics-we-want-two-diametrically/)

[Beau Willimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beau-willimon/)

> [In politics, it's very theatrical. There's a lot of stage craft. The campaign is trying to tell a story that they want people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/in-politics-it-s-very-theatrical-there-s-a-lot-of-stage-craft-the/)

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> [Richard III is not likeable. Macbeth is not likeable. Hamlet is not likeable. And yet you can't take your eyes off them. I'm far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/richard-iii-is-not-likeable-macbeth-is-not-likeable-hamlet-is-not/)

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> [If you really think that ambition, power, lust, desire are not as applicable in the media as in politics or on Wall Street or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/if-you-really-think-that-ambition-power-lust-desire-are-not-as/)

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> [The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/the-checks-and-balances-is-a-way-to-prevent-government-from-either/)

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> [In the best possible scenario, whenever you get notes from people, they're good notes, and they see things that you wouldn't have seen otherwise,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/in-the-best-possible-scenario-whenever-you-get-notes-from-people-they/)

[Beau Willimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beau-willimon/)

> [I don't desire happiness. I think it's a myth, and I don't think it's... and it makes you complacent. I feel very satisfyingly uncomfortable.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/i-don-t-desire-happiness-i-think-it-s-a-myth-and-i-don-t-think-it-s/)

[Beau Willimon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beau-willimon/)

> [Real leaders have to live a paradoxical life, where they must break the rules in order to maintain them. If your expectations are high,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/real-leaders-have-to-live-a-paradoxical-life-where-they-must-break/)

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> [I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/i-refuse-to-buy-a-ps3-or-xbox-for-my-home-for-fear-that-it-might-ruin/)

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> [In Washington, if you're a congressman or a senator or the President, you make much more money than the average American, but you'd think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/in-washington-if-you-re-a-congressman-or-a-senator-or-the-president/)

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> [Tales of power and ambition and intrigue and betrayal and desire - when you're telling those in a big way, you automatically want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/tales-of-power-and-ambition-and-intrigue-and-betrayal-and-desire-when/)

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> [If you work hard and play by the rules, you'll have a better life than your parents did, and your children will have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/if-you-work-hard-and-play-by-the-rules-you-ll-have-a-better-life-than/)

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> [It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beau-willimon/it-s-a-rough-and-tumble-game-whenever-power-is-involved-people-s/)

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