William Barclay Quotes
There are certain things which are lost by being kept and saved by being used. Any individual talent is like that. If it is used, it will develop into something still greater. If someone refuses to use it, in the end that talent will be lost. Supremely so, life is like that.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
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People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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I never gave it that much thought to pursue acting or anything, but I would definitely be a Bond girl if they asked me. For sure - I would make a great evil Bond girl!
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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The best piece of advice that my mother gave me is to never have a plan B. She told me to stick to plan A because if you have a plan B you will inevitably fall back on it.
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No Afghans, as far as we know, have been involved in terrorist acts against our country. We shouldn't be swatting at hornets' nests we know nothing about.
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I'm an optimist. My own fiction, while it has its own dark warnings about pitfalls ahead, depicts the potential of science to improve society by networking human minds.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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I don't want my faith level to go up or down. And so I don't fear.
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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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If you are afraid to fail, then you should go and become a banker.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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There has been no organized effort to keep government down since Jefferson's day. Ever since then the American people have been bolstering up its powers and giving it more and more jurisdiction over their affairs. They pay for that folly in increased taxes and diminished liberties.
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Ju jitsu is very Buddhist. All that we fear we hold close to ourselves to survive. So if you're drowning and you see a corpse floating by, hang on to it because it will rescue you.
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I say the last 10 percent of the way to perfection takes so much of your life that it isn't worth the effort. This overzealous attitude is what creates religious fanatics, body Nazis, and athletes who are exceedingly dull to converse with.
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it's a funny life. Either you don't make a red cent and you have all the time in the world, or else you get double the money and you don't have a moment to spend a penny of it.
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When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again.
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There are certain things which are lost by being kept and saved by being used. Any individual talent is like that. If it is used, it will develop into something still greater. If someone refuses to use it, in the end that talent will be lost. Supremely so, life is like that.
