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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Time is the author of authors.
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I'm afraid that the gift of visiting the past is all that we have. We can revisit it, but only as it happened.
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From my spirit's gray defeat, From my pulse's flagging beat, From my hopes that turned to sand Sifting through my close-clenched hand, From my own fault's slavery, If I can sing, I still am free. For with my singing I can make A refuge for my spirit's sake, A house of shining words, to be My fragile immortality.
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I think life is simpler than we tend to think. We look for answers and more answers. But there are no answers. Things happen in life, good things and bad. People say, 'Why did it happen to me?' Well, why not? Some people win the lottery, and others die in a car crash. It happens, and there is nothing we can do about it. The universe doesn't care what happens to you.
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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.
