William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
I am, I fully grant, a phenomenon, but not because of any speed in composition. I asked myself the other day, "Who else, on so many issues, has been so right so much of the time?" I couldn't think of anyone.
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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My sister, mom and I all wear the same size, so I shop a lot at a boutique called 'my mother's closet' that is right down the hall from my bedroom. She has vintage Comme des Garcons dresses that I feel so elegant wearing.
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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Every time you pass a law, it is a little bite out of freedom.
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I am happy in Paris.
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There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
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I have no message.
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For a scientific theory of him to be possible, man, including his habits of valuation, has to be taken as determined by causal laws, as an instance and part of nature.
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The United States has done more for the war crimes tribunal than any other country in the world. We're turning over all the information we have, including intelligence information.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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I started this book to forgive my parents and ended it by becoming a parent. Understanding backward liberated me to live forward.
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There's a cat in the window, of the house of my lover.Well she sleeps there alone now, or perhaps with another.Oh I try no to think about that, I try not to think at all!
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Where do those golden rainbows end? Why is this song so sad? Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed my friend Loving the love I love To love is just a word I've heard when things are being said Stories my poor head has told me cannot stand the cold And in between what might have been and what has come to pass A misbegotten guess alas and bits of broken glass…
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I decided to take a leap of faith and go into business for myself. I'm scared to death!
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I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.
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My favourite moment from the Oscars was when Brando didn't attend and sent a Native American woman to talk about Wounded Knee. She delivered a very unpopular and lengthy monologue about the injustice for indigenous people in North America. It was one of the greatest moments in American television.
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I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.
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I'm not on Twitter. In theory, I really like Instagram. I think it's a warmer environment. I think, though conversations can erupt that aren't always friendly, you have an opportunity to jump in and redirect and even caution people against language and behavior that I personally object to.
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I am, I fully grant, a phenomenon, but not because of any speed in composition. I asked myself the other day, "Who else, on so many issues, has been so right so much of the time?" I couldn't think of anyone.
