"As the render is to the building, and……" — Will Self
"As the render is to the building, and the blueprint to the machine, so sport is to social existence."
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112 Quotes by Will Self
Will Self has 112 quotes on this site.
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Drug use and procrastination often go hand in tourniquet.
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So I was smacked up on the Prime Minister's jet – big deal.
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I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at…
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I have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don't, you have no business being a writer.
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Lust was a positive high-tension cable, plugged into my core, activating a near-epileptic seizure of conviction that this was the…
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If the seventies were bulbous, and the eighties sharp, the nineties were nothing but bogus.
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The seventies were my fattest decade. Overall I think the seventies were distinctly bulbous. People looked chunky, typefaces were rounded,…
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Well, I wanted to be a philosopher, which is the idlest occupation in the world. I wanted to be involved…
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...catching a glimpse of his rather hippyish form in a mirror, he wonders at this atavism of apparel, is it…
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Whenever I produce my best work, it's always because I've spent time being idle. Something always emerges after nothing.
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Always carry a notebook. And I mean always.
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Don’t look back until you’ve written an entire draft...
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Our marriage is grounded in the word of God. That's really it. God is the core of our marriage, and…
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The liquid metal battery story is more than an account of inventing technology. It's a blueprint for inventing inventors.
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It all comes down to this: if your subconscious "financial blueprint" is not "set" for success, nothing you learn, nothing…
— T. Harv Eker
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Integrity: A name is the blueprint of the thing we call character. You ask, What's in a name? I answer,…
— Morris Mandel
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What is striking is these things [patterns in nature, e.g. fish stripes] do look like something that has been crafted.…
— Unknown Author
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Build this day on a foundation of pleasant thoughts. Never fret at any imperfections that you fear may impede your…
— Og Mandino
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Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.
— Adam West
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Given the complexity of interpersonal relationships and institutions and the complexity of co-ordination of the actions of many people, it…
— Robert Nozick
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It started off really…claustrophobic. I feel like I was really really protected. Really guarded with myself. I feel like they…
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On Capitol Hill, the Republican-controlled House voted mostly along party lines tonight to pass President Bush's federal budget blueprint. This…
— Dan Rather
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If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown…
— Ruth Gordon
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Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.
— Lesley Visser
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