William Weaks Morris (Willie Morris) Quotes
It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last.
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I do Athlete Devotion throughout all my fight camps. I am a Christian, so I fight with God first, and I have my devotions with me everywhere I go.
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It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.
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I don't know how to ground myself without the other actor present.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
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When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.
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For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.
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I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.
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How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.
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Attachment and aversion are the root cause of karma, and karma originates from infatuation. Karma is the root cause of birth and death, and these are said to be the source of misery. None can escape the effect of their own past karma.
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I just smoked a Cohiba the other day. It was great. You have to appreciate everything that cigar is.
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The victor of the war in Iraq is Iran.
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I appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve the people of our state.
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I have made that one of my policies never to play anything that I've already put on record.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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I know my limitations. I live and work according to my limitations. And my party only two weeks ago has clearly declared that the leader of the party after Ms Sonia Gandhi will be Mr Rahul Gandhi. And all of us, including me, have expressed our solid support to Mr Rahul Gandhi.
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It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last.
