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> [“He was gripped by what he could think of only as numbness, though he knew it was a feeling compounded of emotions so deep and intense that they could not be acknowledged because they could not be lived with.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/he-was-gripped-by-what-he-could-think-of-only-as-numbness-though-he/)

[John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/)

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## More by John Williams

> [“She was, he knew- and had known very early, he supposed- one of those rare and always lovely humans whose moral nature was so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/she-was-he-knew-and-had-known-very-early-he-supposed-one-of-those/)

[John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/)

> [“What you seem so unwilling to accept, even now, is this: that the ideals which supported the old Republic had no correspondence to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/what-you-seem-so-unwilling-to-accept-even-now-is-this-that-the-ideals/)

[John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/)

> [“It's for us that the University exists, for the dispossessed of the world; not for the students, not for the selfless pursuit of knowledge,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/it-s-for-us-that-the-university-exists-for-the-dispossessed-of-the/)

[John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/)

> [I don't make a particular distinction between 'high art' and 'low art.' Music is there for everybody. It's a river we can all put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/i-don-t-make-a-particular-distinction-between-high-art-and-low-art/)

[John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/)

> [“Dispassionately, reasonably, he contemplated the failutre that his life must appear to be. He had wanted friendship and the closeness of friendship that might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/dispassionately-reasonably-he-contemplated-the-failutre-that-his-life/)

[John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/)

> [“Six times during my life has this tomb of my soul led me to the brink of that eternal darkness into which all men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/six-times-during-my-life-has-this-tomb-of-my-soul-led-me-to-the-brink/)

[John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/)

> [“But I can see what has ensued. A war doesn’t merely kill off a few thousand or a few hundred thousand young men. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/but-i-can-see-what-has-ensued-a-war-doesn-t-merely-kill-off-a-few/)

[John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/)

> [I let it go. I have not looked at the 'Star Wars' films, and that's absolutely true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/i-let-it-go-i-have-not-looked-at-the-star-wars-films-and-that-s/)

[John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/)

> [You never write a theme for a movie thinking, 'This will live forever.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/you-never-write-a-theme-for-a-movie-thinking-this-will-live-forever/)

[John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/)

> [“For a few moments in the evening, then, they talked quietly and casually, as if they were old friends or exhausted enemies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/for-a-few-moments-in-the-evening-then-they-talked-quietly-and/)

[John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/)

> [Composing music is hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/composing-music-is-hard-work/)

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> [I honestly haven't done all that counting. It always feels new and a wonderful honor to receive these things. It's a fresh feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/i-honestly-haven-t-done-all-that-counting-it-always-feels-new-and-a/)

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> [In general, we continue to believe that local governments should not have a competitive advantage when competing with the private sector, and they should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/in-general-we-continue-to-believe-that-local-governments-should-not/)

[John Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-williams/)

> [“Saying, ain’t doing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/saying-ain-t-doing/)

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> [There is no proof that carbon dioxide is causing or precedes global warming…All indications are that the minor warming cycle finished in 2001 and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-williams/there-is-no-proof-that-carbon-dioxide-is-causing-or-precedes-global/)

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