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"But I was thinking of a way To multiply by ten, And always, in the answer, get The question back again."
"Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed and said, In that case, what is the question? Then she died."
"I think the sea has thrown itself upon me and been answered, at least in part, and I believe I am a little changed - not essentially, but changed and transubstantiated as anyone is who has asked a question and been answered."
"'What do you really think happens after you die?' That's the question that everyone, everyone, everyone asks. And I'm so sick of it. But my true answer is, I don't know. And there's no way I'm going to find out 'til it happens."
"But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it."
"But my question is, am I compromising by adapting my words for the audience and where is the line beyond which I am not adapting words, but changing my position?"
"Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way."
"Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed."
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"And so I put down some of the things that he said, about keeping your tools sharpened and not letting them lie on the ground where they get hurt or get abused and dirty and can't find them. And some thoughts about how his father used to do things."
"Generalised anger and frustration is something that gets you in the studio, and gets you to work - though it's not necessarily evident in anything that's finished."
"And I don't have any specific steps to take because I don't start the same way every time. But there is a knowing when it's enough and you can leave it alone."
"But if you can find that spot - I suppose it's like running - I used to be a swimmer and swim laps, and you just have to be there with what you're doing."
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