Thomas Carlyle Quotes
For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity.
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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
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You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now?
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I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.
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People who matter are most aware that everyone else does too.
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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When the movie starts playing on TV and DVD, that's when you really see what the movie is.
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I have a couture body.
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Some people look at movies and think, 'Oh my gosh, that's so amazing.' But to me, I look at a politician or a scientist and think, 'They're creating the content of humanity.'
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I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
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When commerce with Moslems flourished, zeal for their massacre declined.
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In men this blunder still you find,-All think their little set mankind.
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It is only afterward that a new idea seems reasonable. To begin with, it usually seems unreasonable.
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There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you. I am glad of that. In fact, I am relieved.
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Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live; death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.
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Roughly speaking: to say of two things that they are identical is nonsense, and to say of one thing that it is identical with itself is to say nothing.
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Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it.
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'What do you mean - Happy anniversary? It's not my birthday.'
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There's no privacy for the violently dead.
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The promos with all of the beautiful women probably attracted some men, but the mystery story line is pretty cool. It's got that dark edge, and people will watch anything funny.
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A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
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Drowning men, it is said, cling to wisps of straw.
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For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity.
