Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.
Quotes to Explore
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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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Marriage has made me safer.
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As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.
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Frank's audience doesn't care if a girl singer, a comic or an organ grinder with a monkey opens the show. They are there to see HIM.
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I was reading my son some fables; it made for good nighttime reading. These stories were very vivid and very strange and occasionally bizarrely violent. It was a very free landscape.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it?
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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My instinct is to be very controlling.
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I've been cutting my hair ever since college. I try to do that whenever it gets rough. I'm not too cheap to go the barber shop, but I mostly try to do that by myself. I try to keep my skills sharp.
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I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.
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My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.
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I like shopping at retail places like JC Penney or Macy's, and maybe buying a top or a shirt, and then buying a skirt from Rue 21 or Forever 21 because they have the maxi skirts, which I appreciate so much, and then topping it off with something that I buy from a Somali shop.
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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
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I'm on the front line and I am a rapper.
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To me, my business is my life.
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I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.
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Dictatorships are never as strong as they think they are, and people are never as weak as they think they are.
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If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.
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I used to think drinking was the only way to be happy. Now I know there is no way to be happy.
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We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more.
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You cannot make progress with excuses.
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Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.
