Thomas Carlyle Quotes
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
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Coming to another hockey Mecca like Toronto makes you a better coach. I want to have fun again. I want to make it fun for everybody, and it's fun when you win.
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I just think 'Broad City' - Comedy Central's answer to 'Girls' - is the best thing that's been put on television in years. It's amazing.
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The fundamental difficulty that most novelists face when they are trying to adapt their own book into a screenplay is realizing that a screenplay is a completely different way of storytelling, and it has limitations.
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English is really free for me; there's no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it's just I live in Paris, and it's really a poetic language where you can really play with words.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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I have always loved fashion because it's a great way to express your mood. And I'm definitely a shoe lover. The right pair of shoes can change the feel of an outfit, and even change how a woman feels about herself. A woman can wear confidence on her feet with a high stiletto, or slip into weekend comfort with a soft ballet flat.
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I will meet my countrymen. I understand only one language: that they are my countrymen, they are my brothers. You may see with whatever colour you want; Modi will not go into that colour.
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I believe in the future, and to be a good investor, you have to believe in the future.
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I enjoy the challenge of trying to say things beautifully. The message is secondary in that sense. Obviously, I have something that I want to say that's very, very important to me – but the process of actually crafting it is essential.
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Penmanship means a lot to me. I don't have cursive penmanship, though. I've created my own penmanship. It's very clear. Everyone can read it. I write things down all day long.
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Guinea pigs are practically synonymous with experiments. Lab rats have become the workhorses of modern medicine. Genetics owes a huge debt to the humble fruit fly. There's almost no branch of the life sciences, in fact, that hasn't leaned heavily on one animal or another.
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I think the most important thing we as writers can do is figure out how we define what success will mean to us and focus on that.
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It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
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In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.
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Calvin was very clever. We did the pictures and made the commercial, and that really worked.
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No process of reform will succeed without national reconciliation. ... National reconciliation will take time, but for the sake of our common humanity, and for the sake of this country’s future, it is necessary to stop incitement and to stop violence.
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‘…you read mostly menus and the moles on whores’ bellies….’
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I was rejected by casting directors during the day. I attended class in the evening, then rode 90 miles on the train home.
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I want to see Brian Williams with no irony wearing a mustache.
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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While complex acting roles are lacking for actresses, what's even more rare are female directors.
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The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
