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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In a sense, evolution adheres to the classic twelve-step program: it takes things one day at a time. It does not strive for perfection; it does not strive at all. There is no progress, no plans, no scala natura, or scale of nature, that ranks organisms from lowly to superior, primitive to advanced.
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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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The Chili Peppers have a real strict two-week on/two-week off policy - aside from me, everybody has families.
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People who thing that they are getting something for nothing, by having government provide what they would otherwise have to buy in the private market, are not only kidding themselves by ignoring the taxes that government has to take from them in order to give them the appearance of something for nothing.
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Our investors are here for only one reason: great returns. They want to make money.
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I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.
