William Beard:
CLASS OF 1980
Flowing Wells High SchoolClass of 1980
Tucson, AZ
William's Story
William is from Tucson, Arizona. William's schools include Flowing Wells High School. William later attended University of Arizona (Agriculture Education, Horticulture) . William works(ed) at Stone Canyon.
Music William likes includes Nat King Cole, Patsy Cline, Kingston Trio. Books William likes include Federalist Papers, Parliament of Whores, The Sum of All Fears. Movies William likes include The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Official Page), The Philadelphia Story, Singinâ in the Rain. TV shows William likes include Star Trek, Southland, Monty Python's Flying Circus.
One of William's favorite quotes is:"Caveat Emptor
Carpe deum
Barry Goldwater - "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice!"
B Goldwater - "Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies. Absolute power does corrupt, and those who seek it must be suspect and must be opposed. Their mistaken course stems from false notions of equality, ladies and gentlemen. Equality, rightly understood, as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emanci...Expand for more
pation of creative differences. Wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism."".
More about William:"I'm a walking contradiction. I'm a sarcastic SOB, but fair, open and honest. I'm decidedly conservative in my politics with a strong libertarian bent.
I'm gay (love you Al) but salute the American flag first, last and always.
I can almost guarantee that you and I might agree on this or that particular point but how I get there will be different than how you got there almost every single time. I love long and detailed conversations about politics, life, love, you name it. But still appreciate the old adage that brevity is the soul of wit.
Anybody know a good wit anymore?
You've got to laugh a little, cry a little, and let the clouds roll by a little...
Life gives you two basic choices. You can laugh or cry about the difficulties along life's highway. For me I've spent enough time crying. I CHOOSE to laugh as much and as often as I can.
I'd rather belong to a political party that advocates for individual liberty and thought than be a member of a party that gives me the 'freedom' to be myself but places me in a metaphorical straight jacket of master ideas on the checklist du jour.".
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