William Barclay Quotes
There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.
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The one thing that is sort of sneered at and not really believed is bisexuality. Any bisexual man is just seen as a closeted gay man. That shows how narrow-minded people are. The other thing that's totally neglected and which nobody approves of is celibacy. People again assume that you're just repressing something.
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It's difficult to talk about, you know, my inadequacies, my inability to stay sober when I'm a relatively bright man and I've had a lot of great blessings and a lot of great opportunities.
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But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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Caste may be bad. Caste may lead to conduct so gross as to be called man's inhumanity to man. All the same, it must be recognized that the Hindus observe Caste not because they are inhuman or wrong-headed. They observe Caste because they are deeply religious.
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When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women's rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.
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I designed all the characters, anyway, and Frank Doyle was doing all the writing. I didn't have any more input on what direction they were going to go with Josie.
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I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I freely admit I know nothing about television or writing for the screen.
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And preserving our open spaces or having them there for recreational purposes is one of the things that contributes to the high level of quality of life that we offer in Pennsylvania, and that also translates into economic benefits.
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‘Dear God,’ she prayed, ‘let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.’
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I used to be affected by criticism thrown at me, and I would get really down. But I got to a point where I just decided to go for it, no matter what negativity is around you.
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I'm probably an average hitter, at least, and if you talk to my peers, they will tell you that I hit the ball plenty far enough.
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There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.
