William Barclay Quotes
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I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.
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I honestly can't describe what goes on in my head when I'm out there. People who don't wrestle can't possibly understand it. When I'm in the ring, I don't feel any pain. I'm in another world out there.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.
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I love to push myself.
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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
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I never went to fashion school. I didn't know what a designer was. I knew I had something, but I didn't know what it was. And it could just have easily been nothing.
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Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
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Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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In America, to be ID'd - sorted, tagged, and permanently filed - is to lose a bit of one's soul. To die a little. This sounds like a subtle, poetic notion. It's not. In American legal and cultural tradition, one essential privilege of citizenship is not having to prove it on demand.
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When the dark days come, many wonderful moments, those will all seem dead and empty to you. It will take practice and even hard work to find the joy sometimes.
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The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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I feel super lucky to be living in New York. I love the city, I love the energy. I always loved it. I had pictures of New York in my bedroom when I was young.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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I feel like, sometimes, people, because of the amount of media, because of the amount of attention, people seem to think I have to do things. Like, I have to win right now! But I don't feel like that.
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The good people look for challenges. When teaching becomes a prestigious profession, then you'll get good people.
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I'm very proud I'm Chinese and represent the Chinese community.
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That's how I judge a quarterback: Either you make plays or you don't. I don't even want to talk about mechanics.
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A piercing satire, a poignant family drama and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty, loyalty, ambition and love.
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I try to encourage people to really love what they do, like when it's about being a part of this business, love what you do because it's not going to always be defined by who you are. It's going to be a lot of times your good name walks in the door before you do.
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We don't care what that bug-eyed fat walrus has to say.
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I want Barack Obama for president. I love Obama. I call Palin the helicopter huntress from hell! I want my children to have a wonderful future, and it's disturbing when I look around. Americans aren't very well-liked. A likable president would be a great start.
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True prayer is asking God what He wants.
