William Pickens Quotes
To cheapen the lives of any group of men [or women], cheapens the lives of all men [and women], even our own. This is a law of human psychology, or human nature. And it will not be repealed by our wishes, nor will it be merciful to our blindness.
Quotes to Explore
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The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They don't attend our schools, get married and have children. They don't vote in our elections.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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When I'm on vacation here in the States, I can do all kinds of stuff; I can train and keep busy.
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The commonest error made in relation to poetry is that it consists simply in verse-making. Many confound the casket of meter and rhyme with the jewel of thought which it encloses, and, perhaps, in some instances, after close investigation, they have found the casket empty and turned away with feelings of disappointment and disgust.
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I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star.
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Summer boarders often left clothes behind, and of what use were they to the landladies, for no rag-and-bone man ever called at their houses. The truth of the matter was that in less than a week I was well dressed from head to foot, all of these things being voluntary offerings, when in quest of eatables.
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He was also very clear that the decision to cast me as Cora was all Michael's.
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I could actually be somebody that, if you showed me new gun-control legislation could help solve this problem, I might actually be able to support something like that.
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I'm not the most charismatic, maybe emotional, fun-packed individual on the golf course; I get that.
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If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.
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I happen to be privileged enough to be in on the fact that we have been visited on this planet, and the UFO phenomenon is real.
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But working with Dre, I grew up with his music, so I'm still like more a fan.
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Sometimes I like to vent.
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There are woefully few women CEOs in the world, but there can be lots of them in films.
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Nothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.
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Art and nature shall always be wrestling until they eventually conquer one another so that the victory is the same stroke and line: that which is conquered, conquers at the same time.
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In His tender mercies, God has an incredible capacity to love the unlovely.
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To cheapen the lives of any group of men [or women], cheapens the lives of all men [and women], even our own. This is a law of human psychology, or human nature. And it will not be repealed by our wishes, nor will it be merciful to our blindness.
