"I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster."

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Source : "A life in theatre: Richard Eyre" by Andrew Dickson, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2010.

Richard Eyre

#Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes #Oysters Quotes

“In six pages, I can't even say "Hello.”
“There are two parties involved in every corrupt transaction, typically a government official and a business person. Yet those who pay bribes are often depicted as innocent victims ... The reality is that both parties conspire to defraud the public.”
“People believe, thought Shadow. It's what people do. They believe, and then they do not take responsibility for their beliefs; they conjure things, and do not trust the conjuration. People populate the darkness; with ghost, with gods, with electrons, with tales. People imagine, and people believe; and it is that rock solid belief, that makes things happen.”
“The U.S. couldn't play a military role in different areas like Iraq and Afghanistan without huge quantities of oil. So a shortage or disruption in oil would not only damage the U.S. economy; it would undercut American military supremacy.”

Source : "The Permanent Energy Crisis". Interview with Julian Brookes, www.motherjones.com. June 19, 2006.
“Rereading Candide, I was struck by the link between optimism and the optimal, the idea that we have been placed in this optimal world rather than some other.”
“A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.”
“Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist”
“Madame de Stael talks herself into a beauty.”

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