William Golding Quotes
We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.
Quotes to Explore
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As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years.
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
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My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
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I made a very conscious decision to quit acting. I was on a series, and we were in the process of renegotiating. They had an idea of what they thought I was worth, and I had an idea that was quite different.
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Sorry, no, I'm never satisfied with my drumming.
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Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.
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War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live.
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I think it's time for people to stop being so serious about everything.
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I worry about the world.
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To discover one's own spiritual poverty is to achieve a positive conquest by the spirit.
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'The September Issue' is really a film about Anna Wintour's relationship with long time 'Vogue' Creative Director Grace Coddington. The two of them have been working together for two decades, and the extraordinary symbiosis between them has left an indelible mark on the fashion industry.
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We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.
