Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Thomas Carlyle

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• After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.

  

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• The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.

  

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  • Church
  • Emperor
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• A secret is a secret in my mind.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Mind
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• I would definitely love to be a parent.

  

  Kate Walsh
  • Love
  • Parent
  • Definitely

• I like going to the gym every day because I'm in physiotherapy every day.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Day
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  • Gym

• Impatience is a virtue.

  

  Ursula Burns
  • Virtue
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• I love Levon Helm - he's one of my favorite guys.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • I Love
  • Guys
  • Favorite

• I've had asthma my entire life.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • Life
  • Had
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• No matter how irrelevant social class now is, even the most eager egalitarian must be quietly proud that the posh English rose is still an industry standard for peerlessly sophisticated beauty.

  

  Kate Reardon
  • Proud
  • English
  • Beauty

• The only people who object to escapism are jailers.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • People

• If that was on my road the council would be like 'Get that down, its a deathtrap!'

  

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  • Road

• There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it.

  

  Man Ray
  • Different
  • Art
  • Progress

• La Fortuna, che dei pazzi ha cura.

  

  Ludovico Ariosto

• I would say I spend about an hour a day cleansing and moisturising after all of the make-up I've worn on jobs, and on weekends I tend to go bare-faced to give my skin a bit of a break.

  

  Poppy Delevingne
  • Up

• I like to investigate all different kinds of people, I guess, and find out what makes them who they are, and try to be honest in the portrayal, and truthful, and find out how to understand that person, how to communicate that person's experience.

  

  Jennifer Jason Leigh
  • People
  • Different
  • Experience

• People tell me I need an assistant, but I don't want one.

  

  David Karp
  • People

• In general, a writer would like to think that the best book that he has written is the book that he is writing, and the next book will be even better. Maybe if this is not true, it is very useful to keep the illusion alive.

  

  Mario Vargas Llosa
  • Writing
  • Book
  • True

• People have a fear of the unknown. Insects have different senses than us, different amount of limbs and their body structure is very different. It's hard for us to really relate to them and understand them.

  

  Dominic Monaghan
  • People
  • Different
  • Fear

• Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • People
  • Great
  • Women

• The thing I have in common with Donald Trump is, about a dozen years ago, we got a 'Man of the Year' award in New York City, the Hotel Plaza, from the USO.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Man
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• I just think that it's strong and it's important that we recognize what the Christmas season is about; it's about the birth of our Savior, and there's a lot of pressure today to be politically correct, but people are realizing, too, that you have to be open to express your faith what you want believe.

  

  Joel Osteen
  • People
  • Believe
  • Important

• The free individual has been justified as his own master; the state as his servant.

  

  Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Free

• It is a shame. A shame! If you believe this is a bad idea to provide health care - then vote no! But don't give me the cowardly view that 'Oh, if it was a different procedure.'

  

  Anthony Weiner
  • Believe
  • Different
  • Bad

• Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

  

  Thomas Carlyle
  • Eyes
  • Weak
  • Glittering