William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
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Where belief is painful we are slow to believe.
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I don't believe in one ideal beauty.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia.
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I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.
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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.
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I believe in God. God created the world.
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There is only one thing keeping us from having heaven on earth: we can't believe it! Why? Because we don't want to be wrong - so we'll be right and make it hell!
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I believe life is an 'experience ball.' You throw it at someone, it picks up their response... it grows. You play with that ball, learning what it teaches you.
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But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.
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The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
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I believe that often people even stay in bad relationships longer than they should because the fear of the pain of dating is scarier than the pain of a bad relationship!
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As someone who specializes in deception, I'll tell you this much: When someone insistently implores, 'Believe me,' don't. Pleading 'believe me' or 'trust me' - insisting to people that you are telling the truth - is a tell-tale sign that you probably aren't.
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America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to.
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I believe it is impossible to be sure of anything.
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When we are confronted with extreme situations, we forget about moral issues; we simply act and must then accept the consequences.
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I don't believe in happy families.
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When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life.
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…maybe the whole Internet will simply become like Facebook: falsely jolly, fake-friendly, self-promoting, slickly disingenuous….” - Zadie Smith
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There's a tendency, especially among academics, to see politics as deeply dirty and deeply egotistical.
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Art has this ability to allow you to connect back through history in the same way that biology does. I'm always looking for source material.
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As a writer, I live in the world of literature and ideas, but I entered that world as an emigre from a medieval fiefdom, the sports world of Michigan.
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I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.
