William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
Conservatism is the tacit acknowledgement that all that is finally important in human experience is behind us; that the crucial explorations have been undertaken, and that it is given to man to know what are the great truths that emerged from them.
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My favorite makeup look was for my 'Eyes Wide Open' video done by Torsten Witte. It was so dramatic and definitely captured the magic of the video.
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Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it is on a geopolitical scale.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam.
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I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
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Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'
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When I was kid, I remember playing 'Vogue' by Madonna over and over and over again. And ah, you know, something about the beat was really cool, and Madonna, visually, was on TV all the time and I thought she was just so beautiful.
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Thoughtful education programs and access to effective forms of contraception are key to preventing unplanned pregnancy.
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Rich white Protestant men have held on to some measure of power in America almost solely by getting women, blacks, and other disadvantaged groups to wear crippling foot fashions. This keeps them too busy with corns and bunions to compete in the job market.
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You exorcise the things that haunt you. That's one good thing about any artistic discipline.
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Conservatism is the tacit acknowledgement that all that is finally important in human experience is behind us; that the crucial explorations have been undertaken, and that it is given to man to know what are the great truths that emerged from them.
