Niall Williams Quotes
We tell stories. We tell stories to pass the time, to leave the world for a while, or go more deeply into it. We tell stories to heal the pain of living.
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
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The junior senator from Wisconsin, by his reckless charges, has so preyed upon the fears and hatreds and prejudices of the American people that he has started a prairie fire which neither he nor anyone else may be able to control.
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I live in England, so I take a lot of trains, and you can't really go anywhere without somebody talking on their mobile phone behind you, forcing you to listen to their conversation. With the Internet, with texting, with networking sites, there's already information everywhere.
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No one knows who Peter Parker is. People just know who Spider-Man is. When you get that in the mix of growing up and finding yourself, that's more of a relatable tone than being Captain America and having the country's weight on your shoulders.
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And it's a lot harder to hide with four musicians than it is with eight.
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I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important to America's role as a light among nations. But there are no values that matter to me that will not be gravely endangered if we lose this war.
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I love winning more than I love playing badminton. Winning is everything.
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Sometimes you want a Part Two in your life.
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Divorces are made in Heaven.
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The ability to sympathize with those around us seems crucial to our survival, and it's connected to the mirroring functions of the brain.
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When I think back to my childhood, I just think of the word 'freedom.' In the summers, we spent all day on the beach.
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Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do.
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I've always been interested in acting - since I was a little girl.
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Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.
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Just because you didn't start out perfect doesn't mean you can't have an excellent result in the end.
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I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.
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Have you ever seen people so ugly that you have to get someone else to verify it?
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As a German citizen, as a German professor, and as a political person, I hold it to be not only my right but also my moral duty to take part in the shaping of our German destiny, to expose and oppose obvious wrongs.
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I just think 'Law & Order' is the gold standard. History is going to show that it's probably one of the best series of shows that has been on television.
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The truth is WE ALL ACHE. WE ALL HAVE GROWING PAINS and wonder if WE ARE OKAY adn enough + loved. THE THING IS - WE ARE. REALLY. WITHOUT the silver shoes and lepord print sheet. WE ARE ENOUGH WITHOUT all the things we buy to make us much more than we are or need to be we are simple and complex and rare as is.
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You cannot lift another soul until you are standing on higher ground than he is. You cannot light a fire in another soul unless it is burning in your own soul.
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Know that you yourself are a miracle.
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I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.
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We tell stories. We tell stories to pass the time, to leave the world for a while, or go more deeply into it. We tell stories to heal the pain of living.
