Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Biography is the most universally pleasant and profitable of all reading.
Thomas Carlyle
Quotes to Explore
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The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
Washington Irving
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Whether it's just walking down the street to try to go to a movie, go to dinner, something like that, there are always a few people that recognize you.
Patrick Kane
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But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian worth his salt, and this is where I fault Stephen Ambrose and a lot of these guys who attack me - not all of life is a result of conspiracy by any means! Accident occurs alongside conspiracy.
Oliver Stone
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When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
E. Y. Harburg
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
Aaron Neville
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I find women as writers and as characters are operating within narrow confines. They inherit a kind of ghetto of the soul. I'm trying to enlarge the spectrum.
Kate Braverman
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Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.
Damian Lewis
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Should graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that.
Banksy
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I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't they know I'm a kid?' I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have.
Ornette Coleman
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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.
Larry McMurtry
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I am very grateful for the opportunities I have been afforded.
Dalia Mogahed
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I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was four years old. And what was always important was writing, writing, writing.
Samuel Goldwyn
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On paper, I refuse to position myself as a victim and say, 'Oh, see, this is hard for me, and I'm never going to get any work because they're never gonna look for a half-French, half-Cambodian girl.' I've always said, 'Carry on and work on your job, and at some point, it'll come.'
Elodie Yung
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I have a little name. That's why people can remember it.
Mike Watt
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I was also interested in chemistry, but my parents were not willing to buy me a chemistry set.
Martin Lewis Perl
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Biography is the most universally pleasant and profitable of all reading.
Thomas Carlyle
