“I wonder if the reason I tend to say yes to everything is because I deeply believe that I can survive anything.”
Source: The End of Mr. Y
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From Omni interview, "The Smartest Man in the World" (1979) p. 203
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out (1999)
“And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight."”
Wonderful Tonight (from the album Slowhand - 1977)
Source: 1975, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975), Ch. 8: Death
“Yes, I will try to be. Because I believe that not being is arrogant.”
Sí, trataré de ser. Porque creo que es orgullo no ser.
Voces (1943)
“I didn’t say anything because I didn’t have anything to say.”
The Moment of the Storm (p. 181)
Short fiction, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth, and Other Stories (1971)
“I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there to believe.”
Source: Everybody’s Autobiography (1937), Ch. 3
"Is Theology Poetry?" (1945)
“But you know, the reason why I said yes was because I was tired of being afraid.”
2000s, To Live Beyond Our Fear (2007)
Context: Barack and I talked long and hard about this decision. You know, this wasn’t an easy decision for us, because we’ve got two beautiful little girls, and we have a wonderful life, and everything was going fine. And there was nothing that would have been more disruptive than a decision to run for President of the United States.
And as more people talk to us about it, I mean the question came up again and again. What people were most concerned about: they were afraid. It was fear. Fear, again, raising its ugly head, in one of the most important decisions we would make. Fear; fear of everything. Fear that we might lose. Fear that he might get hurt. Fear that this would be ugly. Fear that it would hurt our family. Fear.
But you know, the reason why I said yes was because I was tired of being afraid. I am tired of living in a country where every decision that we’ve made over the last ten years wasn’t for something, but it was because people told us we had to fear something. We had to fear people who looked different from us. Fear people who believed in things that were different from us. Fear of one another right here in our own backyards.
I am so tired of fear. And I don’t want my girls to live in a country, in a world, based on fear.
royalcorrespondent.com interview http://royalcorrespondent.com/2013/07/15/we-really-are-a-team-says-princess-madeleine-in-a-new-interview/