Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.
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Whenever I wasn't working, I had my butt back in normal school.
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I do a lot of ceramics.
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We don't just live; we make.
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I never in a million years thought I would be starring in Hairspray, ever. Because if you think about my past, it's been 30 years of playing a macho leading man, so when I was offered it, I said: "Why? Why me? What have I done to deserve that you think I should do this?" After much convincing, over a year and two months, I was convinced they wanted to make a great movie.
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I keep my eyes open. I pay attention to how different types of people express their personal style, how they put their clothes together.
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A person's tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But we aren't one story. We can change our stories. We can write our own.
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But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense.
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There are some cities that are doing good stuff, but there aren't enough of them. If you don't fight for what you want, then you deserve what you get. And in politics, if you don't ask, you don't get at all.
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I think Connecticut, if I'm not mistaken, is still ranked above us, aren't they? I think it's in all the polls. I'm not aware of us being ranked over Connecticut. The win we had against them didn't matter much. Connecticut still holds a long history over the Knights. One game for us isn't going to make us the big shots of the Big East. Connecticut will come in as the favorite, no doubt about it.
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Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.
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The strongest knowledge (that of the total freedom of the human will) is nonetheless the poorest in successes: for it always has the strongest opponent, human vanity.
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He says not to list the patients we save but the ones we don't kill.
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Develop a built-in bullshit detector.
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And the ability of citizens to organize and advocate for change - that's the oxygen upon which democracy depends.
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I plead youth as a mitigating circumstance.
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Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.
