William Bolitho (William Bolitho Ryall) Quotes
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Poetry brings all possible experience to the same degree: a degree in the consciousness beyond which the consciousness itself cannot go.
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There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.
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I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble.
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I think that what's unique about sci-fi - at least from the view of a lot of Chinese writers - is that sci-fi is least-rooted in the particular culture that they're writing from.
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My writing practice taught me the important thing is steadfastness. It's not necessarily discipline. Discipline can become a prison. When your spiritual practices become another thing for you to be anxious about, they've lost their usefulness.
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'Sorry' just fit the bill for the crossover that both Lost Stories and I were attempting to do musically.
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I never went through a biological clock experience. I never even heard it ticking.
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If you have the feeling that something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up.
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If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.
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Make no mistake, if the payroll-tax cut is extended, it will become permanent. Social Security will become another welfare program as the tie between what someone pays and what they receive gets broken.
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I love show business. It's my life, honey, and I try to enjoy it.
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When I got out of my Twenties I stopped playing women that were victims. I like playing women who are strong and have a piece of mind.
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Christopher Plummer once told me that he never orders a wine without first confirming that the restaurant has a second bottle in case he loves it.
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The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
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Climate change joined immigration, job creation, food safety, pilot training, veterans' care, campaign finance, transportation security, labor law, mine safety, wildfire management, and scores of executive and judicial appointments on the list of matters that the world's greatest deliberative body is incapable of addressing.
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Adventure must start with running away from home.