William Pickens Quotes
An insignificant right becomes important when it is assailed.
William Pickens
Quotes to Explore
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
Calvin Coolidge
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The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.
Barry Gibb
Bee Gees
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The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
Uzo Aduba
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This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
Gary North
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The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans who have you sign a book to 'Cathy' and then tell you, 'No, it's Kathy with a K' - it gets challenging after a while. It tests your stamina.
Walter Kirn
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One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.
Yair Lapid
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I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
Famke Janssen
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I live and die by puns.
Feist
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Well, I don't throw things. This particular night I brought one from the floor so to speak, and he ended up getting a cut over his head, and the police came, took him to another side of the hotel, and that was like September 6, 1981.
Tanya Tucker
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Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good books.
Pat Brown
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Silence is ever speaking; it is the perennial flow of language.
Ramana Maharshi
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To you, W. B. Yeats, good praiser, wholesome dispraiser, heavy-handed judge, open-handed helper of us all, I offer a play of my plays for every night of the week, because you like them, and because you have taught me my trade.
Lady Gregory
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I've always thought it was important not to attach too much superstition to the space where you're writing, because once you get into the mindset that you can only do it a certain way in a certain place, your creativity can get blocked.
Sadie Jones
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I don't separate architecture, design, or culture. What's more important is a language of creativity that carries meaning.
Neri Oxman
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I'm lucky to have worked with all the people that I have, and I really love what I do, and that is very important, too.
Emily Alyn Lind
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Many years ago I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him - all for the passing pleasure it brings me'. Something inside me clicked. I realised as I watched him fight for breath that his life was as important to him as mine is to me.
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney and Wings
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Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are the noisy, unnatural things. It is more exciting to stand still than to dance. Silence is more eloquent than speech. Water is more stimulating than wine. Fresh air is more intoxicating than cigarette smoke. Sunlight is more subtle than electric light. The scent of grass is more luxurious than the most expensive perfume. The slow, simple observations of the peasant are more wise than the most sparkling epigrams of the latest wit.
Beverley Nichols
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An insignificant right becomes important when it is assailed.
William Pickens
