James L. Buckley Quotes
Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them.
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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We have the world to live in on the condition that we will take good care of it. And to take good care of it, we have to know it. And to know it and to be willing to take care of it, we have to love it.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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I was a little too young to be a hippie.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.
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I think nowadays, women are breaking the borders or the boundaries and also trying to give a new interpretation in terms of impact you can have to the society.
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If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
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It is so important for girls and boys to have a female, strong superhero to look up to.
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Most people who have encountered mercury have done so after breaking a mercury thermometer. And many of us who saw the liquid balls of mercury scatter across a floor or countertop considered the element the most beautiful on the periodic table.
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In the late 1960s, I ended up in Telluride, Colorado. It wasn't like the country club that it is now. It was very raw. Skiing was there, but snowboarders have now entirely overrun it.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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I think 'Trial & Retribution' as a brand can go on forever. Its joy is that it has, to an extent, a formula, which gives a comfort routine for viewers. But we allow our directors total autarchy in putting their personalities on their stories.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
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Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
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I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.
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When you're talking about Tim Burton, you're talking about a guy that has such a visual sense, an aesthetic, a storytelling style. It's like he's got his own genre.
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Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar.
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Get rid of the idea of kids' food. Kids can eat whatever adults can eat. You know, there is one dinner, and everyone has the same thing.
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Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them.
