William Golding Quotes
I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.
Quotes to Explore
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.
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I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.
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Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.
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In Australia, we've always been a country that runs the ball right up the middle on the fifth tackle. We've never seen a challenge we didn't like, and we've certainly never run from one.
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I was born 'Harmony,' and it was weird because when I was a little kid, I was picked on so much that when I was 13, I changed my name to Harmful. I thought it was a tougher name, so I had it legally changed. And then, I don't know, it just didn't seem to catch on, so... legally, my name is still Harmful, but I just said I'll go back to Harmony.
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'…And the rising sun shall rise yet higher, destroying with its flaming fire the evil will of the wicked West, but smiling warmly on the rest'
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Do you know who the upright of heart are? They are those who wish what God wishes. Therefore, do not try to twist God's will to you own but correct your will to that of God. The will of God is a rule of conduct. By it you have the means of being converted and of correcting your evil ways.
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I wonder which was more frightened among old tribes -- those bursting out of their darkness of woods upon all the space of light, or those from the open tiptoeing into the forests.
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There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.
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I don't believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.
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I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.
