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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Should you be so unfortunate as to suppose you are a genius, and that 'things will come to you,' it would be well to undeceive yourself as soon as possible. Make up your mind that industry must be the price of all you obtain, and at once begin to pay down.
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The only role other than paying their taxes, whatever those are, the only role for philanthropy broadly - of which the rich should give disproportionately - the more, the better - and I think there is a positive trend in that direction - there are certain risk-taking things, like trying out a new type of charter school or funding a new kind of medicine.
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“If they don’t let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery.”
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I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.
