"Some people have human muses - mine is a city. I feel a startling ambivalence towards London, but for better or worse my work has come utterly to depend upon it."

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Source : "In the beginning" by Will Self, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2007.

Will Self

#Cities Quotes #People Quotes #London Quotes

“The reality is (Clinton's) so-called tax cut is basically giving money to people who largely don't pay taxes, so that it's really spending rather than a tax cut, ... This Week.”
“I believe that there is a great fear in our generation of being labeled as priggish.”
“I feel that all good art is powerful and simple.”
“Life is something you can't borrow and give back; Here today and gone tomorrow...just like that.”

Source : Song: The Story, Album: Tha Hall of Game, 1996
“I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one.”
“The keynote of American civilization is a sort of warm-hearted vulgarity. The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none of their cool poise, none of their manner. But they do have friendliness. Where an Englishman would give you his card, an American would very likely give you his shirt.”
“We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.”
“If I gave America any kind of hope or any kind of inspiration, I really want to say thank you for allowing me to continue doing that week after week.”

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