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've always thought of nuclear as something that's good for the environment. I worry about my polar bears.
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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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Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies.
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Till their own dreams at length decive 'em,And oft repeating, they believe 'em.
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In my own life I know that my state of cheerfulness is a reliable gauge of my level of spiritual enlightenment at that moment. The more cheerful, happy, contented, and satisfied I am feeling, the more aware I am of my deep connection to Spirit.
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I came to America at the age of 17 as an exchange student, and a year later, I was a student at Dartmouth. I would say that the rather weak foundation of my Christianity was effectively battered at Dartmouth. I've had mostly a secular career. But I became intellectually interested in Christianity again in my mid-30s.
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One time we were having dinner and some guy came by and took a potato off of Frank Sinatra's plate. And Frank said, “Hey pal, are you hungry?” The guy says, “yeah.” Frank said, “Sit down.” And he gave him his dinner. I thought for sure there was gonna be trouble from the guys surrounding Frank, but Frank says, “Jeez, relax, the man's hungry.”
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The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.
