Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy - I don't disparage envy, but I don't accept it as legitimately my master.
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I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
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Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.
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The working environment in L.A. is really refreshing, really good. Because in Malaysia, it's a small country - you end up working with the same people that you like and that you know.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
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The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets.
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By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
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I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
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We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.
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The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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The difference between the more traditional sports clubs and Congress is that Congress doesn't really compete against another team.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.
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When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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On television, everyone talks and they don't care about the mechanics.
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She had a need to feel the thunder,To chase the lightning from the sky,To watch a storm with all its wonderWritten in her lover's eyes.She had to ride the heat of passionLike a comet burning bright,Rushing headlong in the windNow where only dreams have been,Burning both ends of the night.
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I told the team before the game they didn't quite seem to have the passion and intensity you need to have every time you step on the field. That's something this team is usually good at. That concerns me a little bit.
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By what route do otherwise sane men come to believe such palpable nonsense? How is it possible for a human brain to be divided into two insulated halves, one functioning normally, naturally
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Any song I do, I put my heart and soul into and, as an artist, you can only hope it makes other people feel the way you feel when making it.
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I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy - I don't disparage envy, but I don't accept it as legitimately my master.
