William B. Munro Quotes
People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against something.
Quotes to Explore
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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I wanted to be Beetlejuice. I watched nonstop 'Beetlejuice' and 'The Princess Bride' growing up.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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When I was a teen, I thought I would have to choose between my writing or my music or my art, but it turns out it's a difficult juggling game but I can do all of them.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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I'm rediscovering Scotland; I'm falling in love with it again.
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Netweaver was going to be the number one middleware player in the world. We heard about Netweaver day and night. Oracle became number one. No one talks about Netweaver.
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I was never a model-y model. I was doing it as a job, but people didn't even know I was a model.
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You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.
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Woman are complex creatures.
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The Sunni militants that make up ISIS are not the underlying problem in Syria and Iraq, but rather they are a symptom of other deeper problems.
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I think that people can have their hand in as many different things as they want. You've just got to put your mind to it and just do it.
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There are always going to be haters.
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There are so many talented actors in Chicago, I have to go see shows when I'm there. A lot of these actors, who I've seen when I'm in Chicago in theaters, are technically amazing and never have an opportunity to showcase it on a bigger medium.
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I think in general, doing The X-Factor with the Steve Aoki song was the most difficult time, but also weirdly the most rewarding as well. I definitely felt like I couldn't do it, and then I definitely felt the support from everyone around me, the friends and family but also the fans and people outside of that.
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One must do no violence to nature, nor model it in conformity to any blindly formed chimera.
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People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against something.
