C. K. Williams Quotes
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It is hard to watch myself. I'm hypercritical, and it's difficult to watch a performance when I may end up being at odds with it - wishing I'd done something differently or that they had edited it a certain way.
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We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.
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However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.
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I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over.
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Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.
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A stereotype may be negative or positive, but even positive stereotypes present two problems: They are cliches, and they present a human being as far more simple and uniform than any human being actually is.
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But getting your party structure right may also be a precondition for getting your policies right.
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Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
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There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.
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Butler's novel 'Kindred' may be the book most widely read by readers outside science fiction; it has been assigned as a text in classrooms and has sold steadily since its publication in 1979.
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I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.
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New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai doesn't even sit down, and not just because there is no room.
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However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.
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If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.
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If you live for fame, men may turn against you.
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You can't win them all.
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The others wolves would devour me if they could know that my roar is, in reality, a crying.
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Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.
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O vanity! you are the lever by means of which Archimedes wished to lift the earth!
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'Dear Reader,' New York Review of Books, May 21, 2015
