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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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 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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As ubiquitous as the brands of the warehouse clubs are - Costco, BJ's and Sam's - they're not everywhere. If you have less than a million people in your town, or less than 500K, you might never get access to wholesale savings.
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I kind of grew up with a mix of two things. One was kind of this individual work ethic that my father and my stepfather and my mother all taught me, which was never depend on anyone else to do things for you, and work really hard on your own. At the same time, I benefited from the help of church and family and government my whole life.
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The captain called me to his bed and fumbled for my hand 'Take these silver bars,' he said, 'I'm giving you command.' Command of what? There's no on here. There's only you and me. The rest are dead or in retreat or with the enemy. 'Complain, complain, that's all you've done ever since we lost, If it's not the crucifixion then it's the holocaust.'
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Rice cakes and peanut butter is my favorite snack in the whole wide world.
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I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
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The last book I read was Noam Chomsky on anarchism; maybe I will become an anarchist.
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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.
