William Golding Quotes
Honestly, I haven't the time to read contemporary writers. I know this is awful, but in the main it is true.
Quotes to Explore
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That's the problem today: Who is the creator?
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.
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In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.
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I believe in the will. I believe in discipline. I believe in the organization. I believe in the rigor that gives us work. I believe in love as an engine of all things. I believe in the light. I believe in God. I believe in kindness.
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There is this tremendous body of knowledge in the world of academia where extraordinary numbers of incredibly thoughtful people have taken the time to examine on a really profound level the way we live our lives and who we are and where we've been. That brilliant learning sometimes gets trapped in academia and never sees the light of day.
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I should not be judged by a standard that's not applied to everyone else.
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I think sometimes celebrities can hurt a candidate. You don't want people to judge them on your last project.
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I don't miss acting. I don't even see movies. I don't see plays. I don't watch television.
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The only time we create any kind of substantive change is when we reach out to a disaffected electorate and inspire and motivate them to vote.
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There are people in the public sector with a range of experiences that have no equivalent in business, but are essential to governing, like keeping a kid in school or helping someone get and hold a job. The value of those skills can't easily be measured against a bottom line.
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I want a girlfriend who eats as much as I do, which is a lot.
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He had long ago established he wasn't just another pretty face, but it was a reminder of what was going on inside his body while he was entertaining us.
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They were tower stairs, a tight corkscrew down. The spiraling descent made Karou dizzy: down, around, down, around, hypnotic, until it seemed as if she were caught in a purgatory of stairs and would go down like this forever.
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He looked at her and for a moment she lived in the bright blue worlds of his eyes, eagerly and confidently.
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The mind reels at the multiplication of books intended to justify the author's promotion from assistant to associate professor.
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We're all making castles in the sand, wonderful tapestries, an exquisite corpse. But is it meaningful? No. It's dogs barking. It doesn't mean anything beyond our yelping, at the pain of being alive.
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It's not can you, it's will you
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It is better to paint for one minute a day than to think about it for 24 hours a day.
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If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
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Never forget that your days are blessed. You may know how to profit by them, or you may not, but they are blesses.
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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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Honestly, I haven't the time to read contemporary writers. I know this is awful, but in the main it is true.
