William Faulkner Quotes
When something is new and hard and bright, there ought to be something a little better for it than just being safe, since the safe things are just the things that folks have been doing so long they have worn the edges off and there's nothing to the doing of them that leaves a man to say, That was not done before and it cannot be done again.
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Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can.
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As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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Now all my teachers are dead except silence.
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I feel very keenly the eyes of the foreign media on our country. And I think a lot of Japanese people feel that things are not working the way they should. When the time comes, I will put myself forward.
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Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect.
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Sometimes, I think the best kind of poem is one in which there is an acute balance between what is humorous and that which is very serious. That balance is very hard to strike. But it can be done.
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I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens to me, and from things I read.
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I say that human nature is the original beginning and the raw material, and deliberate effort is what makes it patterned, ordered, and exalted.
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The girls want to see the rips on your stomach - they like that.
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I didn't aim at anything except good music.
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The pickup points are a natural additional network for delivery. For me, the surprise is that Amazon didn't come up with that idea.
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When I first ran for Congress in 1992, I campaigned on a pledge to make affordable, quality healthcare a right, not a privilege, for all Americans.
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Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.
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Acting is like driving; you can never forget it, and it's in my blood.
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It's nice to be number one on the call sheet.
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It's hard to write haiku. I write long, silly Indian poems.
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Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.
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I'm reasonably headstrong about what I believe in, and what I go for, and I've got fantastic people around me who give me great support and advice.
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The conservative position that all spending is evil obliterates any distinction between investment and consumption, between the long-term and the short-term.
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In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness.
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For me, embracing my own power is about embracing my right to be an individual.
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I think there's still this huge glass ceiling for women owning sexuality. And especially young women. If you're an old lady like me, I can do anything now.
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When something is new and hard and bright, there ought to be something a little better for it than just being safe, since the safe things are just the things that folks have been doing so long they have worn the edges off and there's nothing to the doing of them that leaves a man to say, That was not done before and it cannot be done again.
