William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.
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You can't play it safe if you want to get ahead.
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Wittiness turns me on more than anything else.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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I'm not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I'm not into that. You do your job, and I'll do mine.
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I can trust in Jesus. And this Gospel that we preach does work. So those who are hurting and suffering today, hang in there. The sun will shine again.
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I'm not really a food connoisseur.
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One of the books I remember reading when I was young and always thought would be a great role to play is Catherine in 'Wuthering Heights.' I like the classics.
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I don't really get stuck in a time warp where, if my film is a success, I have to keep partying till the next one releases, or if my film is a flop, I keep wallowing in sorrow until the next comes my way. My hard work in each film is always there.
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For a long time, I so badly wanted to work with Jeremy Piven, and I ended up on 'Mr. Selfridge' with him. He was such a character - so brilliant to work with.
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I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette.
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When moms stayed home, it was easier just to let the kids play around the house. But as women entered the workplace and the extended family dissolved, someone else had to pick up the slack on the child-care front. Extracurricular activities fit the bill perfectly, promising not only supervision but also enrichment.
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He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
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A lot of times you come against actors who come from a different direction, and you tend to meet in the middle.
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I'm not very good at sticking at things if I can't be successful at them. I gave up on sport a long time ago.
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What better way to connect with people than by staring and talking straight at them? Don't blink - that's one less connection you could have made.
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Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.
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Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions.
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The ability of Republican leaders to rile up their base - helped along by folks like Rush Limbaugh, some commentators on Fox News - I think created an environment in which Republican voters would punish Republicans for cooperating with me. That hothouse of back-and-forth argument and - and really sharp partisanship I think has been harmful to America.
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Do not think only of your own joy, but vow to save all beings from suffering. This is sharing in its highest form and purity beyond all poisons of this world.
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I've been writing long enough to know that fiction, as a rhetorical mode, works very differently from expository writing. If an author has a specific critique about contemporary society in mind, fiction tends not to be the best means to deliver that critique.
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I do not know what I thought Paris would be like, but it was not that way. It rained nearly every day.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.
