"It may be a childish torment, but we do not get to choose our demons."

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Source : Andrew Sean Greer (2008). “The Story of a Marriage: A Novel”, p.164, Macmillan

Andrew Sean Greer

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“You get all of your neuroses worked out on stage. I haven't actually played very many nice characters, certainly not on stage. It's not a quality that attracts me.”
“I don't believe in predestined fate. The future is what we choose to create.”
“I don't think there is any one route to directing.... Other than that I think you just have to think 'By any means possible' and take any job you can that will get you experience. I also did a lot for free. I got paid virtually nothing for my first film, but it changed my life.”
“In short, Israel is the measure of our failings and our incompetence. We have waited for a great leader for years, but none came; we have waited for a mighty military victory, but we were defeated roundly; we have waited for outside powers (the US or,in its time, the Soviet Union), but none came to our aid. The one thing we have not tried in all seriousness is to rely on OURSELVES: until we do that with a full commitment to success there is no chance that we can advance towards self-determination and freedom from aggression.-1998”

Source : "The End of the Peace Process: Oslo and After".
“You may exist in this world--but I exist too and I will not yield”
“I'm working hard and I think I'm where I should be at by now but I'm in no hurry at all, I'm taking one fight at a time, I want to win my fights. With the title shot I don't know yet but if I get the chance someday, I will be more than ready.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.”
“You couldn't tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation.”

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