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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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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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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Unused to the situations in which I find myself, and embarrassed by the slightest difficulties, I seldom, till too late, discover how I ought to act.
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For me the future of the image is going to be in electronic form. … You will see perfectly beautiful images on an electronic screen. And I'd say that would be very handsome. They would be almost as close as the best reproductions.
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I learned five chords; I thought I knew it all.
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For security you need more soldiers, you need more policemen, you need more vehicles, you need more planes, you need more guns, you need more communications.
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Dress for your body type. Some people are blessed enough to be able to throw on something that Beyonce wears and it looks amazing. If I try to go against the grain and wear something that my body doesn't like, it's going to show.
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Winning in Monaco is always special. That track has always been good to me. I won there in Formula 3000, battled for the victory with Williams in 2006 and now I've won two of the last three grands prix there.
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I’m just very careful with my words when I write. Obsessively careful. I’m the sort of person who worries about the difference between 'slim' and 'slender.'
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It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last.
