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Even if it were possible to cast my horoscope in this one life, and to make an accurate prediction about my future, it would not be possible to 'show' it to me because as soon as I saw it my future would change by definition. This is why Werner Heisenberg's adaptation of the Hays Office—the so-called principle of uncertainty whereby the act of measuring something has the effect of altering the measurement—is of such importance. In my case the difference is often made by publicity. For example, and to boast of one of my few virtues, I used to derive pleasure from giving my time to bright young people who showed promise as writers and who asked for my help. Then some profile of me quoted someone who disclosed that I liked to do this. Then it became something widely said of me, whereupon it became almost impossible for me to go on doing it, because I started to receive far more requests than I could respond to, let alone satisfy. Perception modifies reality: when I abandoned the smoking habit of more than three decades I was given a supposedly helpful pill called Wellbutrin. But as soon as I discovered that this was the brand name for an antidepressant, I tossed the bottle away. There may be successful methods for overcoming the blues but for me they cannot include a capsule that says: 'Fool yourself into happiness, while pretending not to do so.' I should actually want my mind to be strong enough to circumvent such a trick.


Christopher Hitchens


#assistance #bupropion #depression #future #happiness

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.


Honore de Balzac


#broker #human #human race #i #i do

I don't think you need to go looking for the enemy. He's going to look for you.


Willie Aames


#go #going #i #look #looking

It's easy to be led astray when you're so broken. People take advantage of you.


Willie Aames


#astray #broken #easy #led #people

I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it.


Hank Aaron


#before #doubted #guys #hear #i

I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans.


Lynn Abbey


#books #i #i write #lot #orphans

I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.


Lynn Abbey


#believes #bestowed #books #characters #free

My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history.


Lynn Abbey


#book #corner #curl #dusty #habit

Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.


Diane Abbott


#i #intelligentsia #london #look #outsider

I'm grateful this ordeal is over, and I'm so looking forward to getting back to the job I love.


Paula Abdul


#forward #getting #grateful #i #i love