Thomas Carlyle Quotes
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
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I wrote five issues of that and got the sack. Actually, they paid me for eight, but they changed their minds about the direction and threw three issues out the window.
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I love TV.
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Love is what we aspire to most in our lives.
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I know how to make a record that commercial radio or Triple J will smash now... It's kind of hard to stay true and write what you would write if you didn't have that in your head. Because I know I can get way more airplay and get this much bigger... and that's what I'm trying to avoid doing. Trying to avoid the poisons of success.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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I love all women. Women are sublime beings. I love all of it: their eyes, their noses, their bodies.
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I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.
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Love is the funeral of hearts.
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I think luck is a great part of it because I think that the particular makeup of the person that you are attracted to, and that you fall in love with, is very important. Even down to that old bromide of a sense of humor and all of that.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
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I am Parisian. I don't love the French.
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I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.
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The fashion world is so interesting because it's always changing, but if you know yourself really well, despite of all the changes in the fashion trends, you know how to stay true to yourself.
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People love gentle larceny.
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Men we shall have only as we make manhood the object of the work of the schools - intelligence, broad sympathy, knowledge of the world that was and is, and of the relation of men to it - this is the curriculum of that Higher Education which must underlie true life.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.
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It is the ordinary woman who knows something about love; the gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous.
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Love is a big and wonderful idea, but life is made up of small things. As a kid, you have nothing to do with the way the world is run; you just have to hurry to catch up with it.
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The Beatles, the Small Faces and the Kinks were great bands, but that was in the '60s.
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The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
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You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you're casually talking to says something that makes you so mad - you can create an entire scenario around that.
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True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
