William H. Whyte Quotes
People do not always argue because they misunderstand one another, they argue because they hold different goals.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not Cinderella.
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You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.
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I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of talking. My mum was a hearth mother: she loved to gather us all around her - Sunday lunches were a big thing. She was very good at thinking on her feet - people used to say she should go into politics.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.
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Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.
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In the '60s, I did many satirical portraits of dictators.
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When it gets down to it you just have to act.
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I believe in astrology as much as I do in genetics.
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I believe in creative control. No matter what anyone makes, they should have control over it.
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When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more.
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Those whom the gods love grow young.
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If you asked him, he would say the only connection between free will and religion in his life was the fact that he hadn’t set foot in a synagogue since he turned eighteen.
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People do not always argue because they misunderstand one another, they argue because they hold different goals.
