William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
All that is good is not embodied in the law; and all that is evil is not proscribed by the law. A well-disciplined society needs few laws; but it needs strong mores.
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
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Doing voice-over work is something that I love to do, and it is a lot of fun at the same time.
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One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college. What I've learned about history is in the field, so to speak. Going into the archives and working with it directly.
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
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We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.
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I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.
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I never said half the things I said.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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I've been very excited to have children for a long time. It definitely added an interesting twist to the night we screened 'Lyle' at Outfest, and I got up to do the Q&A, and I had this huge belly no one was expecting. It creeped everybody out in the best way.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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The biggest misconception about me is the bad-boy image that everyone stuck me into due to my tattoos, drug days and the constant changes I make with my hair color.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.
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Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences.
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Lovers should also have their days off.
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We've been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn't care about the law.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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I think people try so hard to learn everything that they miss all the wonderful essentials. There is so much mystery in life that you should leave a mystery.
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All that is good is not embodied in the law; and all that is evil is not proscribed by the law. A well-disciplined society needs few laws; but it needs strong mores.
