William E. Simon Quotes
Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.
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As I've traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I've heard people in small businesses use that word 'saved.' I believe many small businesses would not have had access to credit and would not have survived without the $50 billion that we were able to put into the market.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by logic and sometimes that leads me to the right and sometimes to the wrong decision.
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I do try very hard to develop themes that are easily understood and that, hopefully, will paint vivid images of the legal principles and implications of the ruling that will stick in the Justices' heads and will help influence how they think about the case.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
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I myself feel that I'm a well-rounded player and got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.
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The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?
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I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
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I think new experiences are extremely important. I think it's really important to constantly challenge yourself. Comfort is not a good thing. It's good to take yourself out of your comfort zone and to look for new challenges.
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It was an appeal to reason, and they’re always dangerous. You can’t trust reason. We threw it out of the ad profession long ago and have never missed it.
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I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
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Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.
