"My father grew up in an era when to be an American - a white American, at least - was to be yourself. In some respects, his generation was more ignorant, complacent, self-centered and parochial than mine."

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Source : William T. Vollmann (2009). “Riding Toward Everywhere”, p.1, Harper Collins

William T. Vollmann

#Being Yourself Quotes #Father Quotes #White Quotes

“I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive.”
“If you are marked by God, you don't need to be marketed by man.”
“My mom is like this hard-core, liberal feminist. She's a professor in Boston, and she's been teaching women's studies for 30 years and international politics.”
“There's a lot of us idiot actors that get tattoos and they cover them with makeup when you do a film.”
“Despite what people think of cowboys, they take pride in how they look, and that look is important to them.”
“No one wakes up one day and decides they want to become a drug dealer or they want to be a stick-up kid. Those decisions are made after a series of events have happened in one's life.”
“Europe is overpopulated, the world will soon be in the same condition, and if the self-reproduction of man is not rationalized... we shall have war.”
“I know that producing will ultimately mean more longevity in the business, so when I'm tired of everything else and want to be behind the cameras, I know that I can produce.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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