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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Every people should be the originators of their own destiny, the projectors of their own schemes, and creators of the events that lead to their destiny -- the consummation of their own desires.
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To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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Age, like distance lends a double charm.
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I have driven school buses, sold egg rolls and painted houses, and I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I hadn't gone into acting. Mind you, it's a great life, going around pretending you're other people and getting paid ridiculous sums of money for it.
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Boredom is the deadliest poison.
