William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
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Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything else - roughly a third of the surface area of the earth, much of which was once forest but has been converted by humans into farms or grazing lands.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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I figure if people don't want to make the distinction between a Muslim and a terrorist, then why should I make a distinction between good scared white people and racists?
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Acting is my first love, and that's my main career, it really is.
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I like to keep my private life private.
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I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either.
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Voting for a candidate for the DC circuit is very different from confirming someone to the US Supreme Court. I have been very clear that the Senate should not confirm any nominee in a lame duck session.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.
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The first thing I do when I get to any town is find a gym and a breakfast place, because I love breakfast.
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I'm proud to be part of the resistance.
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There is no question at all that Manson was sending Tex, Sadie, Katie, and Linda out on his mission of murder.
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While faith need not be monolithic - it can motivate both voting behavior and character development - focus matters. A Christianity constantly looking for political answers to moral and spiritual problems gives believers an excuse to blame other people when they should be looking in the mirror.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.
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Lord, we claim your strength to serve you, no matter what our circumstances may be. Amen.
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What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one's self!
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What a fool you must be," said my head to my heart, or my sterner to my softer self.
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There is no mortal man that is so much interested in the success of an elder when he is preaching the gospel as the Lord that sent him to preach to the people who are the Lord's children
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We are staying in basic accommodation but it doesn't matter to me, it's all about the experience.
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There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
