"My occupation has been a great deal with David Foster Wallace, and he didn't manage it, and he was very much looking for something that isn't totally selfish, and finding meaning. It's a struggle."

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Source : Source: www.avclub.com

Tom Courtenay

#Selfish Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Occupation Quotes

“I care very much about women and their progress. I didnâ€™t go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature, one of the things that I did was to examine every single statute in the state of Arizona to pick out the ones that discriminated against women and get them changed.”
“I'm always going to hear people make that connection and I've just accepted it. It's alright. I'm just happy that I get to do my own thing now. I learned a lot from the show [the Voice] as far as being in the TV world and being in front of the camera, which is really great because I'm not as nervous in front of the camera as I was before.”
“And all along I believed I would find you. Time has brought your heart to me. I have loved you for a thousand years. I'll love you for a thousand more.”

Source : Song: A Thousand Years, Pt. 2
“I wonder what I can do about war. Is it the destiny of human kind to eventually wipe ourselves out with these weapons of mass destruction? Are we stupid to think that we can control them?”
“The one thing I've discovered about social media is that people love answering questions. In fact, it sometimes feels like at any given moment, millions of people are online who have been waiting for exactly the question you fire off.”

Source : "Double-You Double-You One" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. June 2, 201.
“Nowadays, for the sake of the advantage which is to be gained from the public revenues and from office, men want to be always in office.”
“Single's fun - you don't have to check in with your girl, but it's not easy. I do get lonely.”
“How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words.”

Source : Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “The Treasure of the Humble: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.20, 谷月社

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