Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Venerable to me is the hard hand,--crooked, coarse,--wherein, notwithstanding, lies a cunning virtue, indispensably royal as of the sceptre of the planet.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.
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I'm probably borderline OCD. I insist on having all objects at right angles to each other. So a fork has to be at a right angle to the knife on the table. The salt and pepper pots have to be placed close together. Only recently have I started to notice it's a weird way to behave.
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I don't want to do anything like Can't Hardly Wait, I don't want to do anything like Scream. I saw all those movies, and they were good, but they're just not what I want to do.
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Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
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Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian.
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Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
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The pianist Cecil Taylor is extremely melodic; the guitarist Derek Bailey is extremely melodic, and Ornette Coleman.
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The longer you're on a show like 'SNL,' the less frequent the Google alerts become.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.
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I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.
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I've seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.
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If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
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When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.
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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
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I feared vulnerability more than my actual emotional pain itself!
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Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection.
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Lots of people say to me, 'I completely hate Busted'. That's completely cool with me. I understand why.
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Happiness is the reward of virtue.
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Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.
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Venerable to me is the hard hand,--crooked, coarse,--wherein, notwithstanding, lies a cunning virtue, indispensably royal as of the sceptre of the planet.
