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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I always had the feeling that Bleachers is my soul.
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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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The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right.
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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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You do not explain the tree by telling of the water it has drunk, the minerals it has absorbed, and the sunlight that strengthened it.
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I happen to think we’ve set our ideal on the wrong objects; I happen to think that the greatest ideal man can set before himself is self-perfection.
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Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat... Never take yourself too seriously.
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Oh! that you could turn your eyes towards the napes of your necks, and make but an interior survey of your good selves.
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Too often, we restrict trade that would create U.S. jobs and is in our national interest.
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There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
