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Approval Quote by Will Self

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“A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.”

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Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government…

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we need not avoid our active lives, but simply bring to them a new vision and shift of gravity. for in the center we…

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Lean too much on the approval of people, and it becomes a bed of thorns

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But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have…

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Growing up in that fashion is a breeding ground for insecurity and doubt; it also leaves you questioning motives. It took me a long…

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A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the supreme court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had…

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Approval is a greater motivator than disapproval, but we have to disapprove on occasion when we correct. It’s necessary. I make corrections only after…

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These days people are mean to people just because they don't like the way they look. No-one should be hated because of their flaws.

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I got this emptiness inside that got me fighting for approval because I missed out on my daddy saying, Way to Go.

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My dad taught me swears when I was a toddler, and I saw, at a really early age, that if I shocked people, I…

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If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to…

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Comedy is a very approval-oriented field.

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