#tate

When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#means #power #powerful #religion #remain

Art imitates life and, sometimes, life imitates art. It's a weird combination of elements. ↗

— Bruce Willis

#combination #elements #imitates #life #sometimes

I have zero interest in performing in films to try to convey any kind of message. My job is to be entertaining. There's a very different point of view about messages in films in Europe than there is in the States. Audiences rebel because they feel that they are being preached to. ↗

— Bruce Willis

#any #audiences #because #being #convey

It has been a long while since the United States had any imperialistic designs toward the outside world. But we have practised within our own boundaries something that amounts to race imperialism. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#been #boundaries #designs #had #imperialism

I do not like Melbourne in its present state. ↗

— William John Wills

#i do #like #melbourne #present #present state

The United States is the ultimate land of optimistic promise, but it also gave birth to quintessentially pessimistic tragedy: 'Moby-Dick.' ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#birth #gave #land #optimistic #pessimistic

Our recent 5-year labour agreements, in Canada as well as the United States, are based upon experience, logic and principle rather than on pressure, propaganda and force. ↗

— Charles E. Wilson

#based #canada #experience #force #labour

The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. ↗

— Earl Wilson

#elder #election #fastest #lose #politician

My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I? ↗

— Flip Wilson

#i #life #my life #my own #own

I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep. ↗

— Harold Wilson

#asset #believe #get #good #greatest