William Golding Quotes
I know there isn't no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn't no fear, either." Piggy paused. "Unless—" Ralph moved restlessly. "Unless what?" "Unless we get frightened of people.
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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.
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I feel like unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment, it blocks the flows of God's blessings in life.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.
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Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning!
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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Love prefers twilight to daylight.
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I need to do more on stage. I've got to get my fix!
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Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.
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Everybody told me that if I insisted on doing rockabilly music, I'd never have a chance of selling any records. In fact, I lost count of how many people told me to ditch it all together, in favour, I guess, of sounding like everybody else.
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I think you hear a lot of people say 'I support the troops' and all of that, but I really feel deeply that I do.
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I'm kind of the antithesis of a comedian. People that don't like me will agree with that.
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I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me 'I love you.' … There is an African saying which is: 'Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.'
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I used to sit home with my computer and write. After the Newbery, I probably spend more than half my time on the road.
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I know there isn't no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn't no fear, either." Piggy paused. "Unless—" Ralph moved restlessly. "Unless what?" "Unless we get frightened of people.
