William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
I've always believed that conservatism is the politics of reality, and that reality ultimately asserts itself in a reasonably free society, in behalf of the conservative position.
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The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve.
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No decent career was ever founded on a public.
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I am prepared to do whatever I can do and whatever is reasonable to make sure that it is Hillary who makes it to the White House and not Trump.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.
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I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.
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That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
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I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings.
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I have cut four albums so far, and all of them have been trendsetters and commercially successful. I believe that once you start taking art in commercial terms, it ceases to be art.
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Even as I think of myself as a 'rememberer,' I also know my memory is probably doing all this work to reconstruct a narrative where I come off better.
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I really hate drama. It's draining; it's mentally draining. It's a waste of time.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'
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When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.
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J. J. Abrams is amazing.
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I knew I couldn't do what Eddie Izzard does, so I just tried to write some stories that were based, or partly based, on my own experiences.
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The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda. Perceiving the truth has always been a challenge to mankind, but in the information age (or as I think of it, the disinformation age) it takes on a special urgency and importance.
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The axis today is not liberal and conservative, the axis is constructive-destructive.
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What profusion is there in His work! When trees blossom there is not a single breastpin, but a whole bosom full of gems; and of leaves they have so many suits that they can throw them away to the winds all summer long. What unnumbered cathedrals has He reared in the forest shades, vast and grand, full of curious carvings, and haunted evermore by tremulous music; and in the heavens above, how do stars seem to have flown out of His hand faster than sparks out of a mighty forge!
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I've always believed that conservatism is the politics of reality, and that reality ultimately asserts itself in a reasonably free society, in behalf of the conservative position.
