Thomas Hardy Quotes
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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I want a future where my children feel safe and appreciated and proud to be who they are. My heart is one with all the Arab Spring heroes, no matter how small they think their role is. I know they believe, like me, that we are working for a world whereby an Arab can live with the other in a respectful and dignified way.
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A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.
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I shot 'Girl' about three weeks after I finished 'The Magnificent Seven.'
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You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.
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Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.
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Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds and find it there.
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I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
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I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production.
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In the Jewish tradition, there is at the same time Jerusalem in the heavens and Jerusalem on the ground. Jerusalem is a living city, but also the heart, the soul of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.
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My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.
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I'm not a good time-off person. I'm awful on holiday. It comes from having that period when I didn't work. That really was the worst bit.
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Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
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I didn't start out with a spectacular movie. Many people think you don't have to go from nothing to the top; they think you start at the top.
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Ultimately life is disease, death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.
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It's true that none of my characters are admirable. But maybe I'm primarily a satirist, and a satirist needs to hold up what's not admirable.
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It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
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You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.
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Marriage is probably the chief cause of divorce.
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But his dreams were as gigantic as his surroundings were small.
