William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own ordure, and I am not talking about his books.
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I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.
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I've really enjoyed starting Quora from the beginning. It's really nice to have a new start to things.
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I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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People sort of went crazy when 'BTWAM' came out. I'm happy a bunch of people read it. I'm happy it touched so many people. I'm less happy that it became an object for certain folks or was discussed that way. I'm less happy that journalists started scrolling through my kid's Instagram account.
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Sometimes justice is at its most merciful when it's blind.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I didn't understand key signatures or anything, you know. I'd say silly things at the top of a trumpet part like, 'Note, when you play B naturals, make the B naturals a half step lower because they sound funny if they're B naturals.' And some guy said: 'Idiot, just put a flat on the third line and it's a key signature, you know?'
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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If the constitution goes, I go.
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I want to collect more records from terrorists, but less records from innocent Americans. The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over! John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence, and I'm proud of standing for the Bill of Rights, and I will continue to stand for the Bill of Rights.
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I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.
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I also think the relationship I have with my audience is a lot more complex than what Hitchcock seemed to want his to be - although I think he had more going on under the surface as well.
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Whereas I want everything to be peaceful during a birth, I take the total opposite approach when I'm helping someone come to terms with leaving this place - I play Richard Pryor records.
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If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter.
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People generally don't recognize how long it takes to conceive, publish, and write a book.
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Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own ordure, and I am not talking about his books.
