Thomas Hardy Quotes
To have lost is less disturbing than to wonder if we may possibly have won; and Eustacia could now, like other people at such a stage, take a standing-point outside herself, observe herself as a disinterested spectator, and think what a sport for Heaven this woman Eustacia was.
Quotes to Explore
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Engaged, enthusiastic, and loyal employees are pivotal drivers of growth and health in any organization.
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Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.
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Sometimes I don't know whether a movie has been shot on film or in digital when I watch it in the theatres.
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Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking.
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The military executes policy decisions.
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I had 500 kids at camp this past summer for example. We do nine weeks for kids and nine days for grown ups every summer. The adult camp is a lot of fun.
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I was a bit overweight as a teenager, which may be why I'm more comfortable playing with clothes than showing my body.
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Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
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If your reader has been given a rousing opening, he will usually then sit still for at least some exposition. But be sure to follow that chunk of telling with one or more dramatized scenes. That's much more effective than being given section after section of telling.
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A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!
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Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
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I don't have any stress. I'm very lucky. I live a very healthy life.
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I am no prophet - and here's no great matter; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,And in short, I was afraid.
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I'm of the opinion that science fiction writers suck at predicting the future. We mostly go around describing the present in futuristic clothes - (such as) Mary Shelley, Bill Gibson, and many others.
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The young know how truly difficult and dreadful youth can be. Their youth is wasted on everyone else, that's the horror. The young have no authority, no respect.
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My love, There's only you in my life The only thing that's right. My first love, (yeah) You're every breath that I take You're every step I make.
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Personally, I think you can put any interpretation you want on anything, but when someone suggests that Can't Buy Me Love is about a prostitute, I draw the line. That's going too far.
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Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an afterlife.
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People want to work with somebody who feels shame, who worries about the perceptions of others. Dishonesty is something we don't like in others.
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The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!
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'All my life,' I said, 'knowledge has come to me for which I was not ready.'
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The men of the future will yet fight their way to many a liberty that we do not even miss.
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To have lost is less disturbing than to wonder if we may possibly have won; and Eustacia could now, like other people at such a stage, take a standing-point outside herself, observe herself as a disinterested spectator, and think what a sport for Heaven this woman Eustacia was.
