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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When I entered into office mid-recession, my No. 1 focus was Utah's economy. We set bold goals, and we've built one of the best-performing economies in the nation.
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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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The foundations of modern civil-rights law are exceptionally secure. Conservative judges nibble around the edges sometimes, and people still debate the constitutionality of affirmative-action programs. But almost no one seriously argues about the basic meaning or legitimacy of core civil-rights protections.
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We are so excited for what's next. I think that's what I love most about it, the energy and the excitement that comes from that.
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Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades - haunting.
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We are dealing with God's thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly.
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Nature still obstinately refuses to co-operate by making the rich people innately superior to the poor people.
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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.
