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Quotes by William Kennedy

It’s quite uncanny what one sets in motion by being oneself.
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It’s quite uncanny what one sets in motion by being oneself.
Why the hell’s he preachin’ if he don’t preach to people that need it?
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Why the hell’s he preachin’ if he don’t preach to people that need it?
I liked all their lies best, for I think they are the brightest part of anybody’s history.
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I liked all their lies best, for I think they are the brightest part of anybody’s history.
But after awhile you stand up, wipe the frost out of your ear, go someplace to get warm, bum a nickel for coffee, and then start walkin’ toward somewheres else that ain’t near no bridge.
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But after awhile you stand up, wipe the frost out of your ear, go someplace to get warm, bum a nickel for coffee, and then start walkin’ toward somewheres else that ain’t near no bridge.
You have to beat your own problematic imagination to discover what it is you’re saying and how to say it and move forward into the unknown.
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You have to beat your own problematic imagination to discover what it is you’re saying and how to say it and move forward into the unknown.
Do something new and you are new. How boring it is not to fire machine guns.
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Do something new and you are new. How boring it is not to fire machine guns.
But fear is a cheap emotion, however full of wisdom. And, emotionally speaking, I’ve always thought of myself as a man of expensive taste.
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But fear is a cheap emotion, however full of wisdom. And, emotionally speaking, I’ve always thought of myself as a man of expensive taste.
We are only possible as what happened to us yesterday. We all change as well move.
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We are only possible as what happened to us yesterday. We all change as well move.
There’s only a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.
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There’s only a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.
Well-lit streets discourage sin, but don’t overdo it.
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Well-lit streets discourage sin, but don’t overdo it.
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