William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.
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I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.
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In the case of the classic Western helicopter parent, it starts with Baby Einstein and reward charts for toilet training, and it never really ends, which is why colleges have to devote so many resources to teaching parents how to leave their kids alone.
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The actresses I've known support each other very much. If you have a level of confidence in what you're doing, then you don't feel threatened. We all have different things to offer.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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The transparency of a metaphor displays the glint of truth. But if a metaphor is taken for a reality, it then becomes dense and masks the truth it is meant to display.
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If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.
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I love dresses, and I've definitely thought about designing them someday. I just want to make sure that I wait until the time is perfect and I can do it right.
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I think landscape photography in general is somewhat undervalued.
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Polenta is to northern Italy what bread is to Tuscany, what pasta is to Emilia-Romagna and what rice is to the Veneto: easy to make, hungry to absorb other flavours, and hugely versatile.
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Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.
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It's a simple fact: no individual can be good at everything. Everyone needs people around them who have complimentary sets of skills.
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I was pregnant, and, like, 'Being a mom's going to be easy!' And now I'm like, 'Great.'
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When I was living in New York, I had this slightly wannabe bohemian existence and took up painting, at which I'm appalling. I also bought several guitars.
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You cannot be in charge of a family and run a big company.
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If you're not cheating, you're not trying.
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The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.
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“Love is a journey from the first blush of physical attraction to a marriage of souls.”
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Pete Buttigieg is one of my closest friends as a mayor.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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When I was teaching at an institution that bent over backward for foreign students, I was asked in class one day: "What is your policy toward foreign students?" My reply was: "To me, all students are the same. I treat them all the same and hold them all to the same standards." The next semester there was an organized boycott of my classes by foreign students. When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.
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In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.
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I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.
