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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White does not exist in nature.
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An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction.
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A woman is a woman. A woman has male problems, has job problems, and I think funny is funny.
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I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12.
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The problem for most people as they get older is that they start to buy into their own bullshit to the extent that they just have to eliminate from their inner sanctum anyone who is going to really challenge it. But I think all bandmates of U2 were lucky enough to have the four of us respect and regard each other to the extent that we're kind of always looking out for one another, so none of us can get away with buying into the bullshit.
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I have felt lately, more and more, that my present way of living is bad in every respect.