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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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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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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The General was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life.
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I am a black woman the music of my song some sweet arpeggio of tears is written in a minor key and I can be heard humming in the night Can be heard humming in the night.
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I spend a lot of time reading.
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I've always asked to be able to speak and write about injustice and to do it in a way that would encourage people to make things better for everyone.
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We have had bird's-eye views seen by mind's eye imperfectly. Now we will have nothing less than the tracings of nature itself, reflected on the plate.
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Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.
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When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With a real historical figure you have to be fair, and this is not an obligation you have in dealing with your own creations, so it is quite different.
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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.
