William Golding Quotes
I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment.
Quotes to Explore
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Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.
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I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.
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Let us have peace.
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Life is neither comedy or tragedy, life is what you make of it.
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It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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Acting is the ability to dream on cue.
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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Something happens to a woman when she can't reproduce. I've not had to walk that path, but I can only imagine when your organs don't work and how that could make you feel.
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Only legislative, judicial, and executive action can completely guarantee the victory of the free world.
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Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.
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Power can shape 'truth,' but not forever.
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Animals play a big part in my life, on tour or at home.
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If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.
Olusegun Obasanjo
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When Paul and I were first friends, starting in the sixth grade and seventh grade, we would sing a little together and we would make up radio shows and become disc jockeys on our home wire recorder. And then came rock and roll.
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Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.
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Never define your success by somebody else's success. I never looked at another man's grass to tell how green mine should be.
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My retirement, back in 1976, began as a one-year boycott to challenge the media on that question. I refused to return until the media, and radio stations in particular, got a hold on identifiably Canadian songs.
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Here I stand, hobbled in a sack of doom, determined to tear out of it, knowing that I will.
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I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment.
