William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
We are, always, reminded of the old saw: What would happen if the Soviet Union took over the Sahara Desert? Answer: Nothing for 50 years. After that there would be a shortage of sand.
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If a division becomes insolvent, the credit markets' reaction to that is immediate - regardless of what period of time you think you have to remedy.
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You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.
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We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.
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We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field.
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There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.
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Now, product placement, whichever way you look at it, whether you like it or you think it's disgusting, or whatever, it's what it is.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.
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There are two ways of talking. One is the easy way, where you talk lightly, and the other one is the considered way. The considered way is what I have put my name to.
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I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure.
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I do not watch horror films. At all. I am not a horror film girl; I don't have the stomach for it. I've seen a few in my lifetime, like 'The Shining' or 'Carrie,' but I can't sleep for, like, a week after I see something like that.
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I will never be a fan of any kind of political correctness: I think it's instant death to creativity.
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I'm obsessed with Marcus Mumford. I've got to know him recently; he's amazing.
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It's my luck to be at the frontier of what looks to be a resurrection of roots music on the international scene. That's really what reggae music is about: that voice against oppression and struggle.
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I'm addicted to the hotel life. It's humbling and fly at the same time.
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'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels.
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I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie.
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What's happened to broadcasting is that broadcasting really used to be... it used to have a very clear public service quotient. And it's more or less now. And it's been lost.
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Most films made about the future acquiesce toward death, and I don't want to be told how to define my future.
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In the Vatican, if you don't get something new done quickly you may not get it done at all.
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There is power through prayer. For many Christians, prayer is nothing special, just something we're supposed to do - go to church, tithe, read the Bible, pray. But prayer should be so much more than an item on our "to do" lists.
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Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
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We are, always, reminded of the old saw: What would happen if the Soviet Union took over the Sahara Desert? Answer: Nothing for 50 years. After that there would be a shortage of sand.
