William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.
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I just wanted to give them the 'Lost Jewelry' so they can say, 'Yo, they get that's mean.' And then when I tell 'em, 'Yo, that ain't even the meal. Get ready for the meal!' That's when we 'bout to go crazy because the taste of the appetizer.
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Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.
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Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.
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I don't want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.
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Mankind's feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life.
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Botox, trust me I've been tempted - but I resist! Think about what happens to your muscles - and your skin - if you're sick and don't move for a few days. It all atrophies! Plus, if you freeze a muscle in your face, other muscles have to compensate! And once you stop, what does that look like?
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
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When you have the first show set in India on American television, there's gonna be a Nervous Nellie kind of vibe.
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I can not stay at the place when a stranger starts talking to me. I will try to cut the speech as quick as possible and move away. I had to break this inhibition before becoming an actor.
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I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.
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One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God.
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I am smarter because I stayed in school, and I am a better football player.
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I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I'll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. Believe me, it will be enough.
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I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.
