Anthony Douglas Williams (A.D. Williams) Quotes
When humans act with cruelty we characterize them as "animals", yet the only animal that displays cruelty is humanity.

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Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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The hardest thing to do and most miserable films are comedies.
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It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment, but conformity is dangerous - especially for an entity in formation.
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Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
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I thought I would spent my career doing Chekhov and Ibsen in regional theaters, so the fact that I started doing new plays was a whole new world I didn't expect, and that I would like to keep doing.
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We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
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I would say I'm self-taught, but Corinne Day made me less conscious of myself. I was 15, and she'd make me take off my top, and I'd cry. After five years, you get used to it, and you're not self-conscious anymore.
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I think we spent 60-something million on 'Hateful Eight,' which is actually more than I wanted to spend, but we had weather problems. And I wanted to make it good.
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I love Mount Fuji and I think it is my love of the mountains in Japan that led me to seek other mountains around the world.
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If a writer is always trying to keep a narrator emitting a tone of complete knowingness, it can become false.
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If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star.
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I'm trying to get a thicker skin. I like to be aware of people's perceptions of me, but when you put it as a priority, as a means to judging your worth, that's when it can be dangerous.
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When I think of something that really is me, that I'm proud of, is honestly, I would have to say, I've never sold my soul along the way... All those things, you're selling your soul, and I don't think I have.
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You can keep the dining room clean by eating in the kitchen.
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Let us honour if we canThe vertical manThough we value noneBut the horizontal one.
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'I see . . .' said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked across the room towards the window. first line
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Thelma '...We're too old to keep being foolish.'
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It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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War was my university. Everything has proceeded from there.
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When humans act with cruelty we characterize them as "animals", yet the only animal that displays cruelty is humanity.