Christopher Buckley Quotes
Sometimes when you tell a story, you reach a little bit too far just to make the story a better one.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.
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I think issues and substance, policy and vision and record should be the meat of politics.
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For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.
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Men we shall have only as we make manhood the object of the work of the schools - intelligence, broad sympathy, knowledge of the world that was and is, and of the relation of men to it - this is the curriculum of that Higher Education which must underlie true life.
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With 'Girls,' it doesn't really feel like I'm doing TV specifically. It just feels like we're making a really long film.
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I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.
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For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.
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What I do for migraines when I get them, I listen to classical music, and I turn it up really loud.
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I don't live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.
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I always demanded respect. I came prepared and expected others to do the same.
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We promised the Iraqi people freedom, democracy, security and a new and far better life.
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Life is unfair. I got nothing but the best.
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I have been with some great organizations, crossed paths with special people, and made numerous lasting relationships.
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We can push Montana forward and we can do it with out raising taxes.
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My mom was the center of my support system, that place I always went to talk things through, whether I was feeling joy or fear. She was always there with a huge, open heart and the best advice.
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I gotta lot of Black Irish in me.
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I think the wall is stupid; it's a waste of the taxpayer's money. We need the money for job growth, infrastructure, 100 other things... it sends a bad message.
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I want that to be my overall message - that we just need to love each other. We need to love other more.
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Without fear of contradiction, I can safely say that every step in progress that woman has made she has been assailed by ecclesiastics, that her most vigilant unwearied opponents have always been the clergy.
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No partnership matters more. The relationship with the one you marry provides 90 percent of your happiness and 90 percent of your misery.
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No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.
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We all have genes that come from our ancestors that aren't used - they're not turned on. So we actually carry ancient genes with us. If you could figure out how to turn those on, you could resurrect ancient characteristics from our ancestors.
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Sometimes when you tell a story, you reach a little bit too far just to make the story a better one.
