William Golding Quotes

If you... scaled down human beings, scaled down society, if you land with a group of little boys, they are more like a scaled-down version of society than a group of little girls would be.

William Golding

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 19, 1911 - June 19, 1993

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The Interest Rate Reduction Act takes a first step toward providing critical stability by eliminating the threat of an immediate interest rate increase, while making clear the need to move toward a long-term solution that serves the best interests of taxpayers and borrowers.

John Kline

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The greatest luxury is being able to go to movies and plays now and then in the afternoons.

Robert MacNeil

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It works better if your lead character is complex and interesting and not perfect.

Michael Hirst

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The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance.

John Pilger

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After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind.

Merlin Olsen

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Life can be tough sometimes. But I think it just starts with admitting, 'Okay, the world's not perfect, how do we live our lives within that and not be miserable?'

Amy Lee

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We're dream chasers. Nobody owes us our dream. But we have to chase it.

Michael Rispoli

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I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.

Lord Mountbatten

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The 76ers currently play very good basketball, and we don't. However, we are still only one win behind them. If we continue to improve, we should be on the top of our division at the end of the regular season.

Jason Kidd

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A politically astute president who understood deeply the economics and politics of corporate tax reform could conceivably muscle Congress toward a reform package that made sense. Trump is not that leader.

Joseph Stiglitz

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Mindfulness is so powerful that the fact that it comes out of Buddhism is irrelevant.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

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I feel that there is not an endlessly expandable universe of fiction readers.

Jonathan Galassi

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