William A. Connelly Quotes
It is difficult to be a good noncommissioned officer. If it had been easy, they would have given it to the officer corps.
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I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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We encourage whistleblowers to come forward in instances where the government is a victim.
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For a while, I became an atheist; now that I'm grown up, though, I'm not hard-edged enough to be an atheist. Even though I live with a flaming atheist, I love going to temple. I love all the rituals.
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The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.
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Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.
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For a while I was suicidal and I tried to kill myself. I think I should have died about four times.
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I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.
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So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a regular basis. We know that these people are famous. They're living in the same community as we live in. They go to the same stores and shops.
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All my books are made up of other books. They're all deeply structured on other fiction, because I was a student in fiction and I didn't have much actual living to draw on. I suspect a lot of other people's novels are like that, too, though they might be slower to talk about it.
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I want to get better as an actor, to keep trying to work harder, trying to discover something different. In some ways, it's a pretty frightening experience. But normally, I do tend to walk against fear and hope that I'll be able to survive.
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There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment possibilities than the television set.
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I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat more. It feels more 'done' when your hair is up.
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Read books. They are good for us.
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I know what it takes to get to the Super Bowl, what Giants pride and that defense is really about.
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My culinary wardrobe is the same as my biking wardrobe, just no shoes.
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When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
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The future peopling of Mars is much more than a scientific endeavor. It is a step of historic and spiritual importance for the human race.
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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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My opinion is it's a bridge too far to go to fully autonomous cars.
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Laws are silent in time of war.
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Dostoevky's lack of taste, his monotonous dealings with persons suffering with pre-Freudian complexes, the way he has of wallowing in the tragic misadventures of human dignity - all this is difficult to admire.
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Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small.
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It is difficult to be a good noncommissioned officer. If it had been easy, they would have given it to the officer corps.
