E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Quotes
A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second.
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Don't let the Disney princess hair fool you.
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We need to think about how we teach working-class children about not just hard skills, like reading and mathematics, but also soft skills, like conflict resolution and financial management.
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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
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When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.
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Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it.
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Nicole Richie invited me to her birthday party, and it was at Michael Jackson's Neverland!
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
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That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment.
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Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.
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He who cheats others is a knave, but he who cheats himself is a fool.
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There's a thin line between catering to the masses and making a fool of yourself; I try to walk that line.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
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If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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If your character is just out there acting a fool, viewers are gonna say, 'Why am I watching this?' But if he's whispering, 'I don't really want to die,' there's a level of vulnerability cemented in these bad characters.
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You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
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A man is a golden impossibility. The line he must walk is a hair's breadth. The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.
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Does the damned fool want to be blown up? Well, blow him up then. Give him hell, Captain Morton- as hot as you've got it, too.
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The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in the long run.
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Ali would not be Ali unless I had come along. Him and me had three fights.
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Well you are fresh Your face is fabulous Don’t forget you’re one of a kind When nobody’s checking the deeds you’ve done And nobody’s hearing your cries You make all the fashion statements Just by dressing up your mind ((Beauty in Ugly))
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I still worry that I could be better. That's where standards come from, from not wanting to settle. The fear of not being good enough propels you.
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I would love to do orange and lemon trees silhouetted against the blue sea, but I cannot find them the way I want them.
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A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second.
