All creative work, all life in a sense, is a cri de coeur.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMSI don’t believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.
More Tennessee Williams Quotes
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Friends are God’s way of apologizing to us for our families
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You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
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Take by surprise and the world gives up resistance.
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Openings come quickly, sometimes, like blue space in running clouds. A complete overcast, then a blaze of light.
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Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.
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We are all civilized people, wich means that we are all savages at heart but observing a few amenities of civilized behaviour.
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I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.
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Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged.
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I don’t believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.
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Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace.
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There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
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I respect a person that has had to fight and howl for his decency.
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Something in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes.
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Nobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.
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This is so simple I’m ashamed to say it, but I’m sure it’s true. In fact, I would bet my life on it! And that’s why I don’t understand why our propaganda machines are always trying to teach us, to persuade us, to hate and fear other people on the same little world that we live in.
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