Thomas Hardy Quotes
I have felt lately, more and more, that my present way of living is bad in every respect.
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The world is always in movement.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
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I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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Prostitution and corruption are two things that mankind has had to live with for so long.
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Too clever is dumb.
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I almost bought a DeLorean the other day just because. If I see something that I think is cool and I like it, I'll go for it.
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It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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I'm thrilled I got to work with James Ponsoldt, who is going to make his mark on this industry.
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Winning is very important to me. I wouldn't be happy with anything less. And I work towards my goal.
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I seem to get into situations that make people laugh, but I don't consider myself that funny of a person. I'm not witty. I'm kind of slow in conversations. I'm not that articulate with jokes. The first time I made stuff and screened it for an audience, I was surprised what people were laughing at.
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Feeling like you're respected among the people who do the same thing you do is incredible and necessary.
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You know, people really don't understand what actors do.
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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
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Standardized testing is at cross purposes with many of the most important purposes of public education. It doesn't measure big-picture learning, critical thinking, perseverance, problem solving, creativity or curiosity, yet those are the qualities great teaching brings out in a student.
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I never want to listen to the songs in front of people close to me. There's an emotional honesty in that place where it's not earnest but it's vulnerable.
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On the craft level, writing for children is not so different from writing for adults. You still have to have a story that moves forward. You still have to have the tools of the trade down. The difference arises in the knowledge of who you're writing for. This isn't necessary true of writing for adults.
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The kitchen oven is reliable, but it's made us lazy.
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There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.
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I find most of my inspiration and ideas, feelings and thoughts are very close to death. It’s just that I have more fascination for death than I have for life. I have more respect for it. It’s the only time you’re free. I just feel like we’re all prisoners of life, I really do.
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I have felt lately, more and more, that my present way of living is bad in every respect.
