William Friedkin Quotes
I don't think sexuality defines a person. It's one small part of who you are, in my view. You are many things, and I never felt that people were defined by their sexuality solely.
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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.
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You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.
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I'm a historian in my own mind.
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Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.
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Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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My best friend is my husband.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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Coming from a country that's rapidly changing, I love the idea of a place like South Dakota where nothing has really changed.
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Only World War II, which mobilized 10 million draftees, could by any stretch of the imagination be called a people's war.
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You're not going to please everybody. I've just got to do whatever I feel is right, just use my judgment.
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The show has to be good because you want to be good. But if it's not good, it doesn't matter.
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I might like somebody, and have to go interview somebody that hates them, but I still have to be fair.
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I don't think sexuality defines a person. It's one small part of who you are, in my view. You are many things, and I never felt that people were defined by their sexuality solely.
