At the core of the risk-free society is a self-indulgent failure of nerve. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I'm for all the actor's struggle, the self-indulgent, painful journey, but I would rather have fun. — Ginnifer Goodwin Copy Share Image
Creative people who have made their seemingly most self-indulgent artistic whims into a career. — Steve Purcell Copy Share Image
Autobiographies tell more lies than all but the most self-indulgent fiction . — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
Nobody likes a presenter melting in a self-indulgent puddle of tears. — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
Audiences don't want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today. — Mark Morris Copy Share Image
Why should self-indulgent nonsense - whatever its professed political orientation - be lauded as the height of scholarly achievement? — Alan Sokal Copy Share Image
Without trying to get too self-indulgent, there's a fine line between making something that's soundtracky and cinematic, or making it sound like… — Jason Reece Copy Share Image
I go anywhere I want, do whatever I want when I get there, they let me make self-indulgent TV about that experience,… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
“Currently she was midway through a bittersweet David Nicholls novel that any other time might well have made her self-indulgently reflective.” — Freya North Copy Share Image
“I always knew he was selfish and self-indulgent and kind of lazy; those are practically prerequisites for playing lead guitar.” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
It's an embarrassment of riches because you have directors who don't better. You end up with so much stuff going on the… — John Dykstra Copy Share Image
If you're in a band or think of yourself as a slightly creative person, you can get quite self-indulgent, so sometimes it's… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
If you're not allowed to experiment anymore for fear of being considered self-indulgent or pretentious or what have you, then everyone's going… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true. Some people think you should be busy… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
“I felt I would live a long, lonely, useless life and die alone and unmissed (did I mention that I never bothered… — Jon Fasman Copy Share Image
And the flesh is that reprehensible preference for self that lurks within every one of our hearts. It is that base and… — Eric Ludy Copy Share Image
The show became popular as aspecialthing became popular. And Sasquatch, the guy who runs that site, started coming to every show and… — Scott Aukerman Copy Share Image
Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
One of the reasons for its success is that science has a built-in, error-correcting machinery at its very heart. Some may consider… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I have learned to go fully in the face of my dreams. I would recommend you do the same. Now is the… — Julianna Margulies Copy Share Image
Thorny compositions that sound as if female teen punkers the Shaggs received doctorates in the music of 12-tone composer Alban Berg, and… — Elliott Sharp Copy Share Image
When I'm in the studio, I write the music, I play the different instruments, I produce it, I arrange it, and it's… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
Actually, when I look at my old notebooks, I think I have been a bit self-indulgent and have given myself too much… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
You know, whenever women make imaginary female kingdoms in literature, they are always very permissive, to use the jargon word, and easy… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Nearly all the writing of our time is likely to disappear in a hundred years. Certainly most readers - and nearly all… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
Unlike some people who have experienced the loss of an animal, I did not believe, even for a moment, that I would… — Cleveland Amory Copy Share Image
“The first time I heard you laugh, I only wanted to say funny things so you would always be laughing. You know… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
I believe in the soul ... the small of a woman's back, the hanging curveball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
“Sex mirrored our drinking; both defined our relationship: selfish, detached, indulgent and satisfying.” — BJ Neblett Copy Share Image
I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days. — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
Novel-writing is a settling, lovely space. I call it self-indulgent - I feel mildly guilty about it. — Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Copy Share Image
I am a driven writer. I feel guilty if I don't write, not self-indulgent if I do. — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
“poet convinced both of his own talent and of the need to be self-indulgent in order to be a great artist.” — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
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