Thomas Carlyle Quotes
The world is an old woman, and mistakes any gilt farthing for a gold coin; whereby being often cheated, she will thenceforth trust nothing but the common copper.Thomas Carlyle
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When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.
Harlan Coben -
I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
Larry Wilmore -
When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
E. W. Howe -
Katie Holmes is really amazing.
Bailee Madison -
Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day.
L. Neil Smith -
The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
My world was completely different to other boys my age. When I was six I was earning money, and by 10 I was paying more tax than the parents of other pupils. I feel a lot older than my years. Because I was working with adults, I had to mature a lot quicker.
Aaron Johnson -
When I was 5, I wore a tie, and I wanted to change my name to Larry, which probably tipped my parents off that I was gay.
Laura Ricketts -
I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.
Dane Cook -
At the end of the day, an actor is only a cog in the wheel.
Randeep Hooda -
Hollywood is horrible... it's beyond satire.
Yahoo Serious
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When I heard 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' I was like, OK. Some people look at it as a song written for an American Idol, Carrie Underwood, who is wonderful. But when you're a songwriter listening to a song, you hear something else. I heard that song, and wow.
Lady Gaga -
I'm always going to be someone that people enjoy watching.
Dane Cook -
There's something grounded about 'Ugly Americans,' so I think it's good that I'm playing a version of myself in these elevated cartoon circumstances.
Natasha Leggero -
I'm not complaining about my life; every moment of it has been fantastic, and I'm so lucky.
Zoe Cassavetes -
Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.
Jack Kemp -
Nobody should trust their virtue with necessity, the force of which is never known till it is felt, and it is therefore one of the first duties to avoid the temptation of it.
Mary Wortley Montagu
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Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society -
A lot of people want to donate a kidney, but they're not in a position to because they have health issues of their own, and a lot of people need them. That's why the list is long and it takes a long time.
Natalie Cole -
All the parts I get offered are character and comedy parts, and I probably wouldn't get them if I had a different face. So I'm glad I have a comedy face.
Mackenzie Crook -
A hole in one is amazing when you think of the different universes this white mass of molecules has to pass through on its way to the hole.
Phil McGleno -
The world is an old woman, and mistakes any gilt farthing for a gold coin; whereby being often cheated, she will thenceforth trust nothing but the common copper.
Thomas Carlyle