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Quotes by William Kennedy

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It’s quite uncanny what one sets in motion by being oneself.
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Why the hell’s he preachin’ if he don’t preach to people that need it?
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I liked all their lies best, for I think they are the brightest part of anybody’s history.
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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.
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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.
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Do something new and you are new. How boring it is not to fire machine guns.
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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.
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We are only possible as what happened to us yesterday. We all change as well move.
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There’s only a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.
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Well-lit streets discourage sin, but don’t overdo it.
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