William Golding Quotes
I'm not a critic so much of my own writing. People must make up their own minds over that.

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When you're a child, it's easy to see school as the worst thing in the world. It's only later in life you realise what a wonderful time it was. Looking back, I can't believe I even wanted to leave.
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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy.
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Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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Midi is my hobby.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.
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I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
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I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.
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Under the all-encompassing aid system, too many places in Africa continue to flounder under inept, corrupt and despotic regimes who spend their time courting and catering to the demands of the army of aid organizations.
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I am thrilled and proud of Benjamin Watson for speaking up on behalf of innocent black lives, traditionally an unpopular stance in the mainstream media.
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It is not, Dear, because I am alone, For I am lonelier when the rest are near, But that my place against your heart has grown Too dear to dream of when you are not here.
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I understand that it would be smart, career-wise, to line up something, but it wouldn't be smart for my personal life or my sanity. Some people thrive when they're working. I thrive when I'm hanging out with my friends and doing yoga.
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Be fully in the moment,open yourself to the powerful energies dancing around you.
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I was trying for years to woo people through humour, but it seems flash cars are much easier.
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I'm not a critic so much of my own writing. People must make up their own minds over that.