William Feather Quotes
Blow your own horn loud. If you succeed, people will forgive your noise; if you fail, they'll forget it.
Quotes to Explore
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
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Most Americans have no memory of the designs Franklin Roosevelt's New Dealers had for postwar-American foreign policy. Human rights, self-determination and an end to European colonization in the developing world, nuclear disarmament, international law, the World Court, the United Nations - these were all ideas of the progressive left.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.
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The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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The most disturbing thing, I think, with people that do very morally devious things more and more often is to see that they completely feel that they had no choice in the matter.
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The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.'
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I think that 'Family Guy' is hysterical. It's edgy and hip - and they can do whatever they want to do because it's animated and they're not limited by budget.
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There's quite a few people who said they couldn't play with two drummers, and I don't understand it. It's no different than playing with two guitar players, two trumpets, or two anythings.
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Part of the beauty of Silicon Valley is that people generally encourage you to think crazy. It's the hypothesis that there's nothing sacred that can't be changed.
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My very first products were hand-made, one-of-a-kind pins. When I finally realized I could repeat a phrase to make multiples, 'intellectuals gone bad,' a fairly succinct description of my own life, seemed appropriate.
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My mother's proud of where she's from, and her history, and her past, and same with my dad. I have roots in Africa. Like, I am from Africa as well as from Germany, and I am very proud of that.
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I had my first museum showing of my slide show in Rotterdam, in 1983. I love Rotterdam. I love harbour cities in general.
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Blow your own horn loud. If you succeed, people will forgive your noise; if you fail, they'll forget it.
