"If some people read my fiction and see it as fundamentally about philosophical ideas, what it probably means is that these are pieces where the characters are not as alive and interesting as I meant them to be."

-- David Foster Wallace

#Philosophical Quotes #Character Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they've been given.”
“The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.”
“I just love that spirit that makes people do things that they probably shouldn't.”

Source : Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.
“Chinas movie industry is growing a lot faster than that of the U.S.”
“I would say that it is important to have it in your mind, what your attention is and what you want to do. Really just go for it, and fall and go for it again, and learn and continue to go for it. First, it starts as an abstract idea and you have this dream and desire. It will take you to one place, and in that time you act in a certain way and you do what you have to do in that one place to get you to the next place. It is constantly building into this idea that you have.”

Source : Source: mousertime.blogspot.com
“I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself.”
“Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.”

Source : Mary Caroline Richards (2011). “Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person”, p.8, Wesleyan University Press
“Luckily, I don't have to be anybody but Yolanda, because people don't expect me to be anything other than who I am. For an artist, it's a great place to be.”

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