William Muir Quotes
The sword of Mahomet, and the Coran, are the most stubborn enemies of Civilisation, Liberty, and Truth, which the world has yet known.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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A novelist can never be his own reader, except when he is ridding his manuscript of syntax errors, repetitions, or the occasional superfluous paragraph.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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To make a couple putts to win the Masters is just an amazing feeling.
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I grew up in a suburb of Ohio, in a small town, and I resonated with that small-town feeling where everybody knows your business.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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Set in the advertising world of the 1960s, 'Mad Men' is stunning to look at - a Camelot-era parade of smartly dressed professionals lounging around on midcentury modern furniture.
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I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.
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How strange a thing like that happens to a man. He dabbles in something and does not realise that it is his life.
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Boxing combines, in perfect proportion, strength, speed, and endurance. Normally, most sports are either about one of the three: either about speed or endurance or strength. Boxing combines all three of them. It's really intense.
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I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I'm worried about, I try to have a single person who is basically the key person in that area.
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Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
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I hadn't really noticed that I had a hearing problem. I just thought most people had given up on speaking clearly.
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One of my favorite films is 1994's 'Little Women', with Winona Ryder and Kirsten Dunst.
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'Job Killer.' Those are the two words you are most likely to hear uttered by most American CEOs when confronted with proposals to enact family-friendly work policies.
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If I'm thinking about a particular injury, then I'm already a step behind. If I'm so gun shy in the pocket and not worried about the receivers that are open down field, something's going to happen that's not going to get the job done. So my main focus is having confidence in myself knowing that I'm able to be myself when I'm out there.
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Part of our evolutionary heritage is the ability to adapt - species that survive, adapt. Humans adapt by altering their priorities to match evolving values.
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Spiritual truth should never be sold - those who sell it injure themselves spiritually.
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If we understand the worm, we understand life.
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I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
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You remember how you were taught to write. Your mother put a pencil in your hand, took your hand in hers, and began to move it. Since you did not know at all what she meant to do, you left your hand completely free in hers. This is like the power of God in our lives.
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The sword of Mahomet, and the Coran, are the most stubborn enemies of Civilisation, Liberty, and Truth, which the world has yet known.
