William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
...following Mrs. Roosevelt in search of irrationality was like following a burning fuse in search of an explosive.
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Facts cannot be replaced by opinion.
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Don't worry about what happens when things go wrong; just accept that they're going to, and figure out how do you want to cope with it when it does.
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Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war.
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We play everybody's Christmas records at our house, and sometimes you think, 'I'm not gonna play my own record; I'd be embarrassed.' But I'm gonna play our record this Christmas, because I love the songs!
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You have to make the compromise: resign, stay out of the government, and you can say what you like... but no one has to do anything about it.
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I'm not an executive. I'm a creative person.
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I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.
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I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you couldn't be a comedian.
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For some people, what really matters to them is sleep.
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Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.
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I can fall in love in a simple way, but I can dissect it in such an intense fashion when it ends.
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I have a burning desire to see what things look like photographed by me.
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Stop thinking about writing as art. Think of it as work. If you’re an artist, whatever you do is going to be art. If you’re not an artist, at least you can do a good day’s work.
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I do have an obligation to make sure that I am following some of the rules. I can't simply ignore laws that are out there.
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I didn't understand my loneliness until I moved to Tokyo. I moved at 14. I came alone, without Mommy. She came later.
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If we are not willing to wake up in the morning and die to ourselves, perhaps we should ask ourselves whether or not we are really following Jesus.
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Finally, if nothing can be truly asserted, even the following claim would be false, the claim that there is no true assertion.
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Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.
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Southern change gonna come at last! Now your crosses are burning fast, Southern Man.
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Colombians don't switch on their TVs to see me, but what I'm wearing.
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The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse.
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...following Mrs. Roosevelt in search of irrationality was like following a burning fuse in search of an explosive.
