William Floyd Quotes
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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Consumption is still going up on Alibaba. This is because when the economy goes down people look online to Alibaba to buy cheaper things.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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I don't mind about the boos from the audience.
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What comes out when life squeezes you? When someone hurts or offends you? If anger, pain and fear come out of you, it's because that's what's inside.
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Each of my books is different from the last, each with its own characters, its own setting, its own themes. As a writer, I need the variety. I sense my readers do, too.
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I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way.
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'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels.
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I consider myself a little weak.
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It's very liberating to cut your hair.
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I mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but it's not competitive like an election, it's the Olympics, it's not a Formula 1 race. The Billboard charts are just to show you what people like.
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I just don't think that I trust men. That's the problem. I can appreciate a beautiful-looking man, but he's not my type.
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I love Pittsburgh because it's a humble city. It's really grounded in its rich history and culture.
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Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.
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I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me.
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When you stop to think about it, so many films today where we don't have that kind of contact are films about alienation. About alienated feelings. We are much more alienated from our colleagues nowadays.
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For a crowd to be smart, the people in it need to be not only diverse in their perspectives but also, relatively speaking, independent of each other. In other words, you need people to be thinking for themselves, rather than following the lead of those around them.
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The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day.
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The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage.
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I do not know how anyone can mould anyone.
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Sure, one can always get the students to relax and be happy - entertained, but although being laid back and relax can also lead to creativity, mostly it means that nothing much gets done.
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Work is nearly always a torture. If I could find something else I would be much happier, because I could use this other interest as a form of relaxation. Now I cannot relax.
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The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.
