Niall Williams Quotes
We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling.
Quotes to Explore
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I looked like.
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I want to meet everybody on 'Disney Channel' and 'Disney XD' that are alive.
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All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.
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People around me like me the best when I'm depressed because I'm a bit more passive.
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I think women of our generation went through Cultural Revolution, went through hardship, coming from nowhere, and suddenly see China's amazing opportunity. So women just seized the opportunity.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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When you're on set, the crew are like your family because you see them every day, six days a week.
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I tell my wife she is only the third most important thing after my country and my parents, in that order.
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What literature can and should do is change the people who teach the people who don't read the books.
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You don't have anything if you don't have the stories.
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Stop the traffic...let 'em through.
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Wall Street had been doing business with pieces of paper; and now someone asked for a dollar, and it was discovered that the dollar had been mislaid.
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I am trying to get my paintings a bit lighter in tone, as some of my recent oils have been mistaken for night scenes.
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I'd read at a much higher-than-average grade level since, well, grade school.
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One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews.
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The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.
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In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.
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Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
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We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling.
