William Congreve Quotes
She once used me with that insolence, that in revenge I took her to pieces; sifted her, and separated her failings; I studied 'em, and got 'em by rote. The catalogue was so large, that I was not without hopes, one day or other to hate her heartily.
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The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.
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Love should be an inspiration, not an obligation.
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I get a lot of backlash for wearing designers that I feel are creators and artists. I get it all the time.
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Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.
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The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
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A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it's the balance of that that's difficult to achieve.
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I get people being frightened of me. One time I did this photo shoot where I had hairy armpits – I was really digging it, but they were like, 'We'll airbrush that out.'
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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Emilia Clarke has beautiful brunette hair.
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I had a flip phone until I was 25, and I didn't use social media until that age, either.
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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
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People are not happy with women in actual power, yet we seem to be happy to take women on as figureheads, objects, like queens. It's a powerful yet politically powerless role.
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My three obsessions are mental illness, horror and religion.
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Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.
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It's up to you to be responsible for how you feel if you're not happy. Your happiness lies in your hands. You can't rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you.
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Fabo is a real rock star, but people look over it, so I'll try to bring it to the light if I can.
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As someone from a developing country, I have a problem with rich countries thinking they can tell us anything, simply because they are giving money.
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My friends and family have always been extremely supportive, but the support I've received from fans has been so overwhelming. I love hearing all of their 'Fight Song' stories; I have been so inspired by so many of them.
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Portability is for people who cannot write new programs.
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My father, Kaneki, was a gifted research director of a chemical company, and his profession strongly influenced the path of my life.
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Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.
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I think everyone in their 30s looks back at their 20s and thinks, 'Oh God, if I'd just done this and this, and not done that.'
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She once used me with that insolence, that in revenge I took her to pieces; sifted her, and separated her failings; I studied 'em, and got 'em by rote. The catalogue was so large, that I was not without hopes, one day or other to hate her heartily.
