William Gaddis Quotes
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Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.
Garry Trudeau
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I don't miss acting at all.
Zachery Ty Bryan
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There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
Walter Cronkite
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Would the world be a better place if all drugs were legalized tomorrow? Absolutely. But pragmatically speaking, you're not going to go from the criminalization of all drugs to the legalization of drugs overnight.
Gary Johnson
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To this day, some of my closest friends say, 'Gaga, you know, everything's great. You're a singer; your dreams have come true.' But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you're growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they're true.
Lady Gaga
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
Fedor Emelianenko
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
Karl Kraus
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The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.
Oliver Joseph Lodge
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I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.
Sam Heughan
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No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
Taylor Swift
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One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
Oscar Wilde
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I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
Karl Lagerfeld
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There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
E. B. White
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
Edan Lepucki
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
Rachel Kushner
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I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.
Naomi Campbell
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
Tammy Faye Bakker
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
Isaac Asimov
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Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.
Amy Tan
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Fred Stuckey, 'Eric Clapton Interview,' Guitar Player 4 (June 1970) p. 47. guitarplayer.com
Eric Clapton Cream
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I always loved movies, especially watching some of my mom's films when I was younger, like 'Out of Darkness,' where she played a schizophrenic.
Evan Ross
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When I grew older and awkward, when my parents divorced and life had gone all to hell, Demetrie stood me at the wardrobe mirror and told me over and over, 'You are beautiful. You are smart. You are important.' It was an incredible gift to give a child who thinks nothing of herself.
Kathryn Stockett
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I think one of the most important things I can give my children is the right to be themselves.
Samantha Bond
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If it is not beautiful for someone, it does not exist.
William Gaddis