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Being an artist doesn’t take much, just everything you got. Which means, of course, that as the process is giving you life, it is also…

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Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone…
Being an artist doesn’t take much, just everything you got. Which means, of course, that as the process is giving you life,…
No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don't fulfill.
The responsibility of the artist is to transcend the human ego.
An extraordinary writer....It is the vastness of Nick Tosches’ heart that makes it possible to reveal the darkness.
My writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process.
One of the things I have become aware of through the years is how much I love the people I write about.
There are a lot of people in this country who really like my writing. And a lot of writers respect me. But…
I guess it could be said that the inspiration for 'Requiem for a Dream' is watching the American dream not only destroy…
I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over…
I've always felt alienated. I realized that I've been terrified my entire life. So I can identify that fear which drives so…
...and the night was comfortably warm as the soft filtered light continued to push the darkness into the shadows as they held…

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In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of a world… — Albert Einstein
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. — Alexander Hamilton
Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need… — Martin Luther
We are many small puppets moved by fate and fortune through strings unseen by us; therefore, if it is so as I… — Marcello Malpighi
Being an artist doesn’t take much, just everything you got. Which means, of course, that as the process is giving you life,… — Hubert Selby, Jr.
I understand that suffering, when it cannot be avoided, is here to help me on my way to my dreams — Paulo Coelho
Nothing is more creative than death, since it has the whole secret of life. It means that the past must be abandoned,… — Alan Watts
One should never permit a disorder to persist in order to avoid a war, for wars cannot be avoided and can only… — Niccolo Machiavelli
History is an orphan. It can speak, but cannot hear. It can give, but cannot take. Its wounds and tragedies can be… — Kedar Joshi
Insecurity cannot be avoided specially when you are born to be like that. — NO VOICE
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Its over now. I was much more emotional than I anticipated on the last day. I wont pretend that Im not nervous… — Daniel Radcliffe

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