William Kingdon Clifford Quotes

Into this, for good or ill, is woven every belief of every man who has speech of his fellows. A awful privilege, and an awful responsibility, that we should help to create the world in which posterity will live.

William Kingdon Clifford

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I don't have to live the lives of my characters to write about them. It's about really putting yourself in their shoes.

Jodi Picoult

LiveShoesYourselfWriteCharacters

Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit.

Jerome Cady

FearYellowQuitNothingHimOnly

Playwriting is the last great bastion of the individual writer. It's exciting precisely because it's where the money isn't. Money goes to safety, to consensus. It's not individualism.

John Patrick Shanley

GreatMoneySafetyIndividualWhere

I find human beings to be so complex and full of beauty. Creativity is our way to express and challenge and flow. So, all you humans, create and flow! I'll be over here thinking you are beautiful and creepy and freaky and wonderful!

Angela Bettis

BeautyBeautifulChallengeCreativity

Should we have background checks, waiting periods? To drive a car you have to pass a test that shows you know how to drive your car safely, you should have to do the same thing with guns.

Michael D. Barnes

CarWaitingDriveYouKnowTest

When I started to mention to people who know about such things, 'I'm doing this game, 'Portal 2', they got very excited, suddenly. More excited than anything I've ever done before, weirdly. Gamers are incredibly enthusiastic about the stuff they love.

Stephen Merchant

LovePeopleGameDoingKnowDone

All I really want to do is things I haven't done. 'I'm gonna put a paper bag on my head and be on the cover of 'Billboard,' see what I can get away with - if they'll let me.' And they let me. And I am literally giggling inside for, like, a month that I got away with it.

Sia

I AmMeBagI CanDoneWant

Organizing has to be a 12-month endeavor.

Tom Perez

OrganizingEndeavor

Jack wasn't my type at all. I thought he was too young and too posh, and I told him that. Plus, I couldn't deal with his dodgy bowl-cut. But he wore me down.

Michelle Gomez

MeThoughtDownYoungHimDeal

I went to Vegas for 22 years, married some absolutely charming women, and gave them all my money.

Anthony Newley

WomenMoneyVegasYearsCharming

I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

Peter Jennings

FaithReligionI AmValuePeopleAm

Nobody ever wants to have change, that's for sure. But when it's good, it's really good.

Paula Creamer

ChangeGoodNobodySureWantsEver

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