William McIlvanney Quotes
Who thinks the law has anything to do with justice? It's what we have because we can't have justice.
Quotes to Explore
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Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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I love women more than anything.
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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.
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My kids are the future of the Mayweather family and of the Mayweather brand. I feel our family is stronger if we stay together.
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Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer.
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Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and... stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to 'walk about' into a hitherto unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want?
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I was young and irresponsible, a silly woman laden with sin, not caring for anything except fame and fortune and self. But I have lived seeking truth in Jesus Christ and found it has made me free.
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But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.
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There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.
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I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that.
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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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Sometimes you have success and not so much success versus certain people.
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I grew up in Wahpeton, N.D., and I didn't leave until I was 18, and I've kept going back.
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Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be reprehended: If defective let it be amended, but not suffered to be trampled upon whilst it has an existence.
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What really kills me—it really rips me up—is when people think I’m abrasive, inconsiderate or ungrateful because I don’t go outside in a bikini and wave to the paparazzi. Come on!
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I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools.
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Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.
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Who thinks the law has anything to do with justice? It's what we have because we can't have justice.
