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Life was not longer something to endure, but to live.

Hubert Selby, Jr.

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Hubert Selby, Jr.
Age: 75 †
Born: 1928
Born: July 23
Died: 2004
Died: April 26
Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Life
Endure
Longer
Live
Something

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But I knew that someday I was going to die. And just before I died two things would happen Number 1: I would regret my entire life. Number 2: I would want to live my life over again.
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The responsibility of the artist is to transcend the human ego.
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No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don't fulfill.
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But to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.
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We all need a meaning to our life.
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There are a lot of people in this country who really like my writing. And a lot of writers respect me. But the so-called establishment? They hate me.
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I'm focusing on writing the best story I can write. Which means I'm doing everything I can to give the artist within me as much power as possible.
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I suspect there will never be a requiem for a dream, simply because it will destroy us before we have the opportunity to mourn it's passing.
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I do believe this: That what we call love is always available to us. And of course I'm not just talking about passion. I'm talking about love where you just can't conceive that your life isn't perfect, that you can't conceive of wanting anything.
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They luxuriated in the feeling of deep and all pervading satisfaction, a feeling of knowing absolutely that all was well with the world and them and that the world was not only their oyster it was also their linguine with clam sauce. Not only were all things possible, but all things were theirs.
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