Niall Williams Quotes
Hope may or may not be a Thing with Feathers. But it’s definitely a Thing with Claws.
Niall Williams
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I know one man who was impotent who gave AIDS to his wife and the only thing they did was kiss.
Pat Robertson
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Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white woman. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.
Halle Berry
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The two things that hit you when you meet someone are, first, how they're visually put together and then, what they tell you with the tone of their voice - whether or not they're to be taken seriously.
Lake Bell
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Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.
W. Eugene Smith
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In one sense, every character you create will be yourself. You've never murdered, but your murderer's rage will be drawn from memories of your own extreme anger. Your love scenes will contain hints of your own past kisses and sweet moments.
Nancy Kress
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
Dan Pfeiffer
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I do not want other artists to imitate my work – they do even when I tell them not to – but only imitate my example for freedom and independence from all external, decadent and corrupting influences..
Clyfford Still
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He drew a circle that shut me out - Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in.
Edwin Markham
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Oh, those scoundrelly Charity Commissioners! … By the side of these anthropoid apes, the genuine bookworm, the paper-eating insect, ravenous as he once was, has done comparatively little mischief.
Augustine Birrell
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Para poder alcanzar ciertas alturas, no las bajo: las levanto más.
Antonio Porchia
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The difference between relief pitching when I did it today is simple, there is too much of it. It's one of those cases where more is not necessarily better.
Bob Feller
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The first 'Charlemagne' album is metal, of course, but what I sang was more symphonic.
Christopher Lee
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Cheap jewelery should never be worn unless it happens to be something that you positively know suits you.
Elsa Schiaparelli
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You can have the most wonderful motives for what you do, but if what you do harms other people, you're fooling yourself.
John Carroll Lynch
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I'm not attracted to naturalism, I'm not attracted to behavior, I'm attracted to dance. I'm attracted to gesture, I'm attracted to singing with your voice, as opposed to having a natural manner. I'm a theater actor first, so that probably influences a lot of my approach. And I think in many ways, naturalism has ruined movies.
Willem Dafoe
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The whole sense of the book might be summed up the following words: what can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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By and large, prisons are survivable, though hope is indeed what you need least upon entering here; a lump of sugar would be more useful.
Joseph Brodsky
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Hope may or may not be a Thing with Feathers. But it’s definitely a Thing with Claws.
Niall Williams
