Raymond Williams Quotes
It is not primarily ideas that have a history; it is societies. And then what often seem opposed ideas can in the end be seen as parts of a single social process.
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Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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Breitbart media is named after the same gentleman who basically framed Shirley Sherrod during the Obama administration.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.
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I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
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Madonna is a creation, so perhaps we should give her and the factory that created her a little credit, but I think that she should quietly disappear now. Poor Madge seems unable to decide whether she wants to look like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich.
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There was never sufficient evidence presented at my trial to support a finding of intent to kill.
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I think one of my first jokes - in the black community, there's people who have jokes about skin tone. People like, 'You so black, you purple.' 'You so black, you gotta smile so we can see you at night.'
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I feel that whoever isn't feeling settled in their career won't think about their marriage.
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I don't know that I could play a complete and total mess. After awhile, I think I would be like, 'No, none of that!'
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As a Christian, Christ died so that we will have eternal life in Him in Heaven. What it looks like doesn't matter, what it smells like doesn't matter, as long as Christ is there it will be Heaven to me.
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Waving the flag at the 1976 Olympics wasn't my idea. It was too much apple pie and ice cream. Not that I don't love my country, but I felt it was my victory up there, I put all the time into it.
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The IronClad is faster than most thumb drives but far slower than a standard hard drive. Boot up, application launch and other Windows operations feel sluggish, though still usable.
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I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a victim of the layoffs, you know, in the mid-'70s. And then I worked as a sales engineer for a company in New Jersey that was selling industrial filtration equipment.
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Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
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I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife.
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The reasons why a player is better on one club than on another are many. I certainly am not an expert and can't explain.
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Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken.
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While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head.
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Now it all seems so simple. Events intersect free of any logic of sequence; they cover space and time in an even, translucent layer. Memory re-creates them from the back, from the front, or sideways, but to them it makes no difference.
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The artist's quest is to succeed in combining and balancing all compositional attributes and physical elements into those that are purely spiritual. That is the secret of art.
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It is not primarily ideas that have a history; it is societies. And then what often seem opposed ideas can in the end be seen as parts of a single social process.
