#unable

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#be original #copy #only #order #original

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#artists #bad #fame #give #intoxication

I really hated fighting people and hurting them, but felt unable to stop. ↗

— Jack Dee

#fighting #hated #hurting #i #people

Nevertheless, China was unfortunately unable to understand Japan's real position, and it is greatly to be regretted that the Sino-Japanese War became one of long duration. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#china #duration #greatly #japan #long

I think when your image becomes so big that it's hard for a viewer to see a character, then I think you're in danger as an actor of being unable to perform what you should be doing. ↗

— Hugo Weaving

#becomes #being #big #character #danger

If a story isn't working, I'm simply unable to finish it. That's what usually tells me something is wrong. ↗

— Len Wein

#i #me #simply #something #story

Every author really wants to have letters printed in the papers. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

#down #drops #every #grade #ladder

A typical 'Larry King Live' is a pastiche whose absurdism defies parody. Wearing his trademark suspenders and purple shirts, he looks as if he's strapped to the chair with vertical seat belts, unable to eject. ↗

— James Wolcott

#chair #defies #his #king #larry

Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in. ↗

— Gunther Grass

#dissolves #information #networks #nothing #remains

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#commit #fails #good #good governance #governance