"What is the most fascinating kind of self-deception to me, and a kind that isn't necessarily unhealthy, is what Friedrich Nietzsche called "strategic self-deception." The kind of self-deception that you can engage in with your eyes wide open. You do it because you say, "There's things that I couldn't accomplish without this kind of self-deception.""

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Clancy Martin

#Eye Quotes #Kind Quotes #Accomplish Quotes

“The political is replacing the metaphysical as the characteristic mode of grasping reality.”

Source : Harvey Cox (1966). “The Secular City”
“He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his convictions, unlike those of the wise, harden with age.”
“My approach to 'Eastenders' is the same as my approach to film and the same approach to theatre. Whatever I do, I use the same skills and tools.”
“Darling, do you remember the man you married? Touch me, remind me who I am.”
“Living in Ohio, I grew up an Oakland Raiders fan.”
“I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.”
“I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an amazing recording artist.”

Source : "O Brother Who Art Thou? A Q&A With Actor/Writer/Director Tim Blake Nelson". Interview with Jonathan Valania, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 03, 2013.
“What interests me is seeing a problem and doing something about it, not all of the stuff around it.”

Source : "He's a really good guy". Interview with Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2007.

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