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Bernard Williams Quotes

People who express themselves in paradoxes are in a strong position; and the more outrageous the paradox, in general the stronger the position.

Bernard Williams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: english
Birth: September 21, 1929 - June 10, 2003

Topics

People Strong Stronger More Position

Don't get me wrong. I don't mind playing bad guys. I want to play a bad guy. I want to rob a bank. I want to rob a bank in a film. I want to rob a bank in a film but do it with a gun - with a gun, not with a bomb strapped around me.

Mind Me Gun Bad Wrong Play

Nothing natural can be wholly unworthy.

Anna Julia Cooper

Nothing Natural Unworthy Wholly

We are under God's power, and we can do nothing but by the power of God, and woe shall hereafter be to us if we abuse this power.

God Power Nothing Abuse Us Woe

What I've realized is most leaders cannot reinvent themselves at the CEO level or at the operational level.

John T. Chambers

Reinvent Level CEO Cannot Most

I think that's where the magic happens, when you get a bunch of people who are really, incredibly talented and good at what they do and very passionate about the project that they're working on and in love with it. I think that's when you get something that's really special.

Love Good People Think Magic You

Writers like John T. Edge, whose work is all about the cultural histories behind food, have done so much to show that these stories are a really vital part of our cultural heritage.

Michael Paterniti

Work Food Heritage Edge Done Whose

I work hard to improve myself as a person - as a father, as a husband, as a manager. I'm always on that mission.

Michael Johnson

Work Father Myself Work Hard Husband

If home ownership is the American dream, then foreclosure certainly is the American nightmare. It destroys more than credit. It destroys lives. And its effects are felt beyond the individual family that it devastates. It shakes our entire economy.

Family Home American Dream American

People have these ideas of what you're supposed to do to have a career, like play against type, or don't revisit a character. I'm just not that precious.

Character People Ideas You Career

I love work, but love is so much better. Love is the best.

Work Love Best Love Is Better Much

I have - and this isn't a thing I talk about often - a decent set of legs. There's an unexpected musculature that lends them a healthy shape.

Unexpected Healthy Legs Talk Shape

Memo to Congress: America's problem is not that government is too small. It's the spending, stupid!

Government Stupid Small Problem Memo

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