William the Silent Quotes
In all things there must be order, but it must of such a kind as is possible to observe...to see a man burnt for doing as he thought right, harms the people, for this is a matter of conscience.
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Small companies need capital to invest, expand, and create jobs. And the economy needs a healthy small business community to bolster and sustain its recovery.
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The beauty of a Moroccan riad is undeniable, but even the most die-hard fan may find herself growing a little weary of what can come to feel like a one-size-fits-all aesthetic: tilework, white Berber rugs, woolen tribal throw pillows in reds and ochers, cut-metal lanterns.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
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I think that we, as a civilization, need to sit down and figure out how to solve political problems over a table, not over a battlefield.
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The one thing that I've always kind of had, ever since I was a kid, was that I lack a certain degree of self-consciousness, which is alternately good and bad.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.
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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
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My hope is that shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat' open the door for even more of those kinds of characters for Asian actors and actresses.
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In my view, if you want to get ahead and build wealth, you have to get over your delusion that something only has value if you can measure it.
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When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.
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Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.
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I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.
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I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.
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Visually speaking, nothing calls Shakespeare to mind like Hamlet holding Yorick's skull.
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In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of us is a unique person, with a unique perspective on the world, a member of a class of one.
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Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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'They’re absolutely necrotic, aren’t they?' Colin whispered behind his order of service.'It’s late twentieth century atonal,' Dunworthy whispered back. 'It’s supposed to sound dreadful.'
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Can't trust a fascist-truth is always your first sacrifice to the welfare of the state
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Because it's dance music, you can't really have a lot of changing in there. It's really not for me because there's too much repetition. I like more diversity.
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The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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In all things there must be order, but it must of such a kind as is possible to observe...to see a man burnt for doing as he thought right, harms the people, for this is a matter of conscience.
