William Boyd Quotes
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I grew up in an affluent suburban world and never worried about money until I'd grown up and found wonderfully original ways to screw up my life.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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My dream is to continue filming until my body tells me to stop.
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I always try to give my songs as gifts.
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Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.
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Before I started writing, I'd never read much fiction. I was more interested in non-fiction. I'm taking the same approach to theatre: I can operate from a position of ignorance and make up my own rules instead of being bound by customs and practice.
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I love Al Pacino.
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For me, I knew the Christy flat was a beautiful shoe, but I had no idea the incredible trend that would follow – I mean, it's the most copied thing ever!
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They the Beatles came backstage after one of my lectures, and they said to me: 'Even from an early age we have been seeking a highly spiritual existence. We tried drugs and that didn't work.' They are such practical and intelligent young boys that it took them only two days to find that Transcendental Meditation is the answer.
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There is no substitute for a militant freedom. The only alternative is submission and slavery.
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Как легко, доктор, быть философом на бумаге и как это трудно на деле!
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The SFPD has had a lot of issues, and I think one of the issues that needs to be addressed is the racist text messages that have been passed back and forth between PD members, not only talking about the community, but also talking about colleagues that work in the same department as them.
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There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.
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Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian measures in the future. It's in the best interest of all Californians to fix this system now.
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Stunt work offers a diversity of roles and, while I'm used to anonymity, I really like showing off and performing in front of camera, though I know my limitations.
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When you grow up close to poultry and fields and gardens and open-air markets, you can't help but develop an instinct for quality food.
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Especially for fostering creative, conceptual work, the best way to use money as a motivator is to take the issue of money off the table so people concentrate on the work.
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If you accept others as equals, you embrace them unconditionally, now and forever. But if you let them know that you tolerate them, you suggest in the same breath that they are actually an inconvenience, like a nagging pain or an unpleasant odour you are willing to disregard.
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I'm the first to admit that there's something unnatural... something unseemly... about rock stars mounting the pulpit and preaching at presidents, and then disappearing to their villas in the South of France. Talk about a fish out of water. It was weird enough when Jesse Helms showed up at a U2 concert... but this is really weird, isn't it?
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There's a reason why anger, fear, and hatred are paths to the dark side: they all spring from a single source - the same source as a certain flavor of love. A dangerously sweet, addictive flavor.
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Humankind can tolerate only so much rejection.
