William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes
To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.
William Francis Buckley
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
A. R. Rahman
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
Nawal El Saadawi
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
Edan Lepucki
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Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what's been done, what's been superseded, what's so much part of the furniture it's practically part of the fabric now, what's become no more than a joke... and so on. It's just plain foolish, as well as comically arrogant, to ignore all this, to fail to do the most basic research.
Iain Banks
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
Rachel Nichols
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I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
Karin Slaughter
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High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite in some people and dim in others.
Nancy Gibbs
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This is a game, first and foremost. There was only one Vince Lombardi, and he died.
Joe Theismann
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It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks.
Mary Ritter Beard
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Yeah, well, food's one of the five exceptions to Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfigurations," said Ron, to general astonishment.
Joanne Rowling
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To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.
William Francis Buckley