William M. Daley (Bill Daley) Quotes
You can use all the flowery words in the dictionary, but sooner or later, you have to let people know where you stand.
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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The Hispanic population in this country is not a monolith. When you're in Miami, the newscast is going to be different from the newscast in Los Angeles.
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The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.
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I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of provisions.
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Habit is the nursery of errors.
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Lots of people speak Afrikaans. It's not a statement; it's just a language that we use to communicate. It has its own flavour; it's got its own slang. People laugh. People like it. They like us being open.
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Benito Mussolini created the word 'fascism.' He defined it as 'the merging of the state and the corporation.' He also said a more accurate word would be 'corporatism.' This was the definition in Webster's up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster's and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
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I realized up there that our planet is not infinite. It's fragile. That may not be obvious to a lot of folks, and it's tough that people are fighting each other here on Earth instead of trying to get together and live on this planet. We look pretty vulnerable in the darkness of space.
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Success isn't always going to be a huge contract; success is going to be if you just live out your purpose in life.
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The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.
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Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'
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Ideally, couples need three lives; one for him, one for her, and one for them together.
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The Touchables, whether they are vegetarians or flesh-eaters, are united in their objection to eat cow's flesh. As against them stand the Untouchables, who eat cow's flesh without compunction and as a matter of course and habit.
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Within seconds thoughts become words that slip off our tongue and into the world. Pausing before we speak may seem cumbersome, but it allows us to decide: Is this helpful? Does this need to be said now? What is the best way to say this?
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The United States is our best friend, and our relations are excellent. Our relations will be strengthened even more, despite our differences in views.
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People love talking about writers as storytellers, but I hate being called that: it suggests I got it from my grandmother or something, when my writing really comes out of silence. If a storyteller came up to me, I'd run away.
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I acted out a lot. I was very nerdy. I was very isolated, which I made up for by kind of talking and trying to entertain people and get them to like me, so I did theatre and improv in high school and college, but always as a hobby.
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You can use all the flowery words in the dictionary, but sooner or later, you have to let people know where you stand.
