John Galsworthy Quotes

A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.

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• It is hard to watch myself. I'm hypercritical, and it's difficult to watch a performance when I may end up being at odds with it - wishing I'd done something differently or that they had edited it a certain way.

  

  Jack Falahee
  • Up
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  • May

• In Holy Cross, I came to like school, to like studying in a way I had never done before.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • School
  • Done
  • Studying

• The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

  

  Hannah Arendt
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• We should work with the principle that a work that can be done at a lower level should never be escalated to a higher level.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Work
  • Done
  • Never

• I have three Defensive Players of the Year. Only one other player has done that. But being a defensive lineman, it's hard to control the game.

  

  J. J. Watt
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  • Game
  • Control

• By the time I get done with my fans and my music and my kids and my family and my fiance and my horses, well, they suffer too, but, I don't really have much time left to do anything else.

  

  Tanya Tucker
  • Time
  • Music
  • Family

• We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.

  

  Wayne Coyne
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  • Hear
  • Drummer

• It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

  

  Harriet Beecher Stowe
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  • Strong

• I've done a lot of things that I regret.

  

  R. Kelly
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• Sometimes I feel like an impostor, and I have to remind myself, 'You are able to do this.' I look at the books on the shelf that have my name on them to remind myself I have done it before and, likely, I can do it again.

  

  Laura Amy Schlitz
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• I tend to go with a daytime look, pretty natural, but I always fill in my eyebrows - I hate if I leave the gym and my eyebrows aren't done; I'm just very uncomfortable with myself.

  

  Olivia Wilde
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  • Pretty
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• Every other day there's something - I'm dealing drugs, I'm starving people. I have never done a drug in my life.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • People
  • Life
  • Done

• Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.

  

  Ian Mckellen
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  • Lies

• Our job as friends, mentors, parents, and writing coaches is not to write anyone's college essay. That's cheating. Plus, it sends a discouraging message to the teenager that he or she can't be trusted with this important assignment. Trust the student to write the essay, but verify that it gets done. Gentle editing and proofreading are allowed.

  

  Kate Klise
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  • Writing
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• God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
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• Almost always, when we have fights in movies, they're done in these strange rooms where nothing gets broken. It's almost like they're in padded cells.

  

  Daniel Espinosa
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  • Movies

• I think in the acting world you either manage that transition to older roles, or you stick with what you've always done and then discover nobody can bear you doing it as an older person.

  

  Felicity Kendal
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  • Think

• Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done.

  

  Earl Wilson
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  • Boss
  • Him

• I can't tell you how many times I've had conversations with politicians who've done something morally reprehensible but not indictable, yet still think they should be able to stay in office. The office isn't a 'right.' It's a kind of loan.

  

  Gail Collins
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  • Think
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• As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.

  

  Om Puri
  • Man
  • Feelings
  • Young Man

• Kashmir, the 86,000-square-mile region in India's north, both is and isn't the India of the popular imagination.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Imagination
  • Popular
  • India

• That's what I hate about a lot of comedies, when you're hitting a line or making it funny.

  

  Jennifer Aniston
  • Funny
  • Hate

• My best friend, Wil Wheaton, identifies himself as a geek.

  

  Chris Hardwick
  • Friend

• A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.

  

  John Galsworthy
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