William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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All Democrats are not entitlement people. These are the people who are going to suffer the cost of Obama health care. These are the people who are suffering because there're no jobs.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.
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Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made me. But they just couldn't grasp it. They wanted me to be playing with baseballs and frogs while I wanted to be scouring garage sales.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone.
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I don't know how it started but someone must have noticed I was always chewing tobacco or smoking a pipe.
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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Like funny men, skilled diners are apparently perceived to have an evolutionary advantage.
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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When Hobby Lobby was created in the early 1970s, I was committed to use profits to help ministry work.
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The older you get the more you understand what you're doing.
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When people talk of the Freedom of Writing, Speaking, or thinking, I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.
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Life is a big craps game. I've got to tell you, it's all been fun.
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As far as nonviolence and Spiritual Activism, Marshall Rosenberg is it! Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, is essential reading for anyone who wants to improve their communication skills. Applying the concepts within the book will help guide the reader towards a more loving, compassionate, and nonviolent way of understanding and functioning with others, and foster more compassion in the world. I highly recommend this book.
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Boredom is the deadliest poison.
