Amy Williams Quotes
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I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.
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Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.
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There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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I'd like to give people leaden boots in galleries, so they'd be a bit slower in front of my paintings. And that's because I spend so much time looking at them. I can look at them a long, long time without getting bored. I disappear.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
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I never had planned for my life and my career.
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The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama... Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly.
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My role in the White House was grossly exaggerated by the press. Fortunately for the American people, when the president had to make a critical economic decision or a decision on a weapons system, he did not turn to me and say, 'Hamilton, what in the hell do I do?'
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I come from a jazzy, acoustic, folky background. Everything has to work with melodies; the words have to have meaning.
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To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.
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As a boy, I was deeply interested in scientific ideas, electrical and mechanical, and I read almost everything I could find on the subject. I was attracted more by the hardware and construction aspects than by the scientific issues.
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My eyes, my brain seek out escape routes wherever I am sent.
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We've done enough - and made enough mistakes - to pretty well know how to guide our careers ourselves.
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Our book is Genesis. Their book is Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, the original environmental hoax.
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I don't need gold in heaven, I gotta have it now.
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I'll do some running with the dogs, ride a bike; if I go to gym it's usually for cardio. I don't do weights as much; every once in while, I throw in some pushups and do leg exercises to strengthen my legs.
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I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.
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I think that's exactly what Silicon Valley was all about in those days. Let's do a startup in our parents' garage and try to create a business.
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Nothing in my songs is disrespective.
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I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.
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It's all about making the other person feel good.
