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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As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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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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It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.
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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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There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.
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The Cardiff Half Marathon has already proved itself to be one of the biggest and best road races in the U.K., and when the best athletes in the world run on the same course, the times should be spectacular. But the real beauty of this event is that ordinary runners get the chance to line up on the same start line as the best athletes in the world.
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These things are hard to pin down. We work on a script a bit, then work on a different one.
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Peace is far more preferable to war.… I believe that peace is the only path to true security. … And there is no question that the only path to peace is through negotiations.
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I am a standup comedian who has performed comedy in the Middle East in front of thousands of Muslims. And believe it or not, they laughed at plenty, especially when we poked fun at local culture. The Lebanese loved it when you would make fun of their driving and how, in Lebanon, a red light is just a suggestion to stop.
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I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.
