William Barclay Quotes
If we find ourselves becoming critical of other people we should stop examining them, and start examining ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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It takes having your golf peak four different times throughout the year. You have to like all four golf courses. You've got to be the best of that week for the four weeks.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.
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Our original name was Wild Country, but when we first went to The Bowery, they had the name of all 50 states around the edge of the club, so we went to the sign that said 'Alabama' and stuck our band name underneath it.
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Paper Moon didn't bring me love.
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I eat fish, three times a week meat, and if not yogurt, something like this and it rarely continues.
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We believe that visa quotas should be lifted and people should visit anywhere they wish freely.
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I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good.
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When you put your characters in a dire situation, they often do things that surprise even you, so you have to go back and revise your original conception of who they are.
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I was born in Bangkok in 1968 and grew up in Southeast Asia with my Thai mom and my American father, who first came to the region to fight in Vietnam and stayed to work assisting refugees.
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In L.A., I was a talent manager for many years. I represented many African-American actors. After a while, I became disheartened over the shortage of roles for African Americans.
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I was free from fear for the first time ever while making the music. Fear's job is to distract us from the truth. There's no fear on my record.
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We've made great progress coordinating better as a government.
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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If we find ourselves becoming critical of other people we should stop examining them, and start examining ourselves.
