William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
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I don't have time to sit up and write songs all day. Maybe one day when my kids get older.
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All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.
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'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist.
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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If you are going to make a change, don't go halfway. Make it with conviction and stick with your new idea. Ignore the scoffers. Remember, it is a law of nature that if something is different you're going to be taunted, jeered, and told the world is flat. Let the doubters fall off the edge.
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Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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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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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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People aren't interested in others controlling what they can do or read or see in the privacy of their own homes.
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You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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I like politics. I like traveling in the United States.
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Travel is so important in its capacity to expand the mind. It's exciting to start as young as possible - you get to see how other cultures live, challenge your senses, and try different cuisines.
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A library implies an act of faith.
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It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens. There are other things I enjoy doing, and I involve myself in them.
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Develop the wise art of being radically truthful and remaining considerate, thoughtful, and safe.
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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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(He was) tall and lean, an aristocrat by inclination, born into money and influence and never recovered.
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Streetwear for me is what I was raised wearing in London, and my style influences growing up were always people who wore streetwear.
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Conservatism is the politics of reality
