William T. Vollmann Quotes

I don't believe in a personal god. It's good to give thanks, whether or not there's a god. There's no reason not to live life to the fullest. Morality is all the more important for people who don't expect to get a piece of celestial candy after they die.

William T. Vollmann

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The radio stations will happily recycle a badly worded statement by a politician all day but will steer clear of broadcasting more than once or twice a poem by Tomas Transtromer or Rita Dove.

Amitava Kumar

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At Rochester, I came with the same emotions as many of the entering freshman: everything was new, exciting and a bit overwhelming, but at least nobody had heard of my brothers and cousins.

Steven Chu

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You've gotta learn to love yourself and live your own life. Then you can go out in the world and try and figure everything else out.

Rob Halford

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As a lawyer and a former prosecutor, I know the limits of the power and authority of the president. I know what is legal and what is not.

Rodrigo Duterte

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Who I am on stage is just an amped up version of who I am in real life.

Russell Peters

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Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run.

Mason Cooley

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I was very interested in history, but I also thought, you know, history is not that interesting sometimes, and it can feel a bit medicinal.

Min Jin Lee

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'Monday Mornings' is terrific. It's my wife's show. I'm just lucky enough that David Kelley threw me a bone on it as well. It's a wonderful piece based on a novel by Dr. Sanjay Gupta called 'Monday Mornings.'

Jonathan Silverman

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Not winning a title gives fuel to sportswriters and talking heads who question an athlete's true value.

Don Yaeger

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In my day, the only people who achieved real independence were my father, Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin, who, with D. W. Griffith, formed United Artists. Other than that, everybody belonged to the big studios. They had no say in their own careers.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

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Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.

Armstrong Williams

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America, which has the most glorious present still existing in the world today, hardly stops to enjoy it, in her insatiable appetite for the future.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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