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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything Quotes
When one word has to cover it all.
This page ranges from a reminder that nothing is flawless to a confession about letting one pursuit take over completely. For nearby reflections on knowing what matters, see Know.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not rational to assume, without evidence, that rationality can disclose everything about the world, just because it can disclose some things. Our intuition in favour of rationality, where we are inclined to use it, is just that - an intuition. Reason is founded in intuition and ends in intuition, like a pair of massive bookends.
- Nov 07, 2020
Children are brutal and have no malice, which makes everything they say horribly cutting.
- Grabbed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to read everything that's sent me - play scripts, movie scripts - but I've had to make a rule. If the author hasn't grabbed me by Page 25, the piece goes back with a note of apology.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
My writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to buy three of everything. It doesn't make any sense, but I have to. I'm worried I might lose it, and if I lose it, then I have a backup and then I have a backup to my backup.
- Getting Older
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everything runs its course. We had told a lot of stories that happened in our life. My kid was getting older, and we were running out of stories to tell.
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- Nov 07, 2020