"I'm useless scrabbling around at home. I get on everyone's nerves, including my own. I'm not very good at amusing myself."

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Source : "Laurence Fox: 'I knew Billie was the one for me...'". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 2, 2010.

Laurence Fox

#Home Quotes #Nerves Quotes #Useless Quotes

“Any psychology of sign systems will be part of social psychology - that is to say, will be exclusively social; it will involve the same psychology as is applicable in the case of languages.”
“It's a fundamental aspect of the free enterprise system and economics: If there's no penalty associated with increased costs, why not lay on increased costs?”
“A beautiful and binding morning The world outside begins to breathe See clouds arriving without warning I need you here to shelter me. If I could make these moments endless If I could stop the winds of change If we just keep our eyes wide open Then everything would stay the same And I know that only time will tell me how We'll carry on without each other So keep me awake for every moment Give us more time to be this way We can't stay like this forever But I can have you next to me today”
“Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness. The work of ameliorating the conditions of life -- the true civilizing process that makes life more and more secure -- had gone steadily on to a climax... And the harvest was what I saw.”
“I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic.”
“Itâ€™s the ability to bring events and characters to a resolution that draws me to writing, especially writing for children. I donâ€™t want to ever be didactic, but if thereâ€™s something I do want to say, itâ€™s that you can bring things around. You can make a change. Adult novels are about letting go. Childrenâ€™s novels are about getting a grip.”
“The level above Man is called the Kingdom of Heaven or Kingdom of God in the Gospels. It has many other names in different writings. In the Gospels, it is said that the Kingdom of Heaven is within. It is at a higher level of a man. To reach it, a man must reach a higher level in himself. If everyone did this, the level of life on this earth would change.”
“Despite what I had acchieved, I don't for a moment think I am any braver or better than anyone else.Â This is how I attempt to explain what gives me the stregnth to do what I do; when that thunderbolt of an idea first hit me and inspired me to row across oceans, it filled me with a sense of purpose so strong that it overcame my fears.Â Even when boredom, frustration, fatigue or despair threatened to overwhelm me, it was that powerful sense of purpose that kept me going.”

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