William Hague Quotes
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A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.
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My main thing is music; it's what I do.
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My hair is naturally blond and thin, so I like to give it some texture. Sexy, dirty bedhead is good for blonds.
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I'm used to being in front of camera and knowing what to think. But if you're asking me to be me, I get very self-conscious. My job isn't to be me. Being an actor, people think you can do a eulogy at a funeral, a speech at a wedding. I find all that very nerve-racking.
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We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.
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Our globalized, automated economy is full of magic - Everyday Low Prices and next-day delivery on that single Gatorade you one-clicked. But it is also full of loss - of jobs, of the dignity of steady work, of chances to rise.
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We tend to have mixed feelings about the holy. There is a sense in which we are at the same time attracted to it and repulsed by it. Something draws us toward it, while at the same time we want to run away from it. We can’t seem to decide which way we want it. Part of us yearns for the holy, while part of us despises it. We can’t live with it, and we can’t live without it.
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To reject practice by saying, 'it is conceptual!' is the path of fools. A tendency of the inexperienced and something to be avoided.
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I want to be known by people who are knowledgeable about opera, who appreciate bel canto singing, people who have more sensitivity.
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You can want and hope, or you can make it happen.
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The stuffs you're good at and the stuffs you're bad at are just different parts of the same thing. Same goes for people you love and the people you don't. And the people who love you and the people who don't. The only thing that mattered was that you cared about a few people.
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You are the sum total of your dominating or most prominent thoughts.
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It helps to know there is going to be continuity.
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I like to be in control of my body. Also, I love getting into character and exploring a different aspect of who I am.
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It's like the animal kingdom. Adapt or go extinct.
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There is nothing strange in the circle being the origin of any and every marvel.
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We don't take on battles so small we know we can win, we take on battles so big we dare to dream of winning them.
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For many people, this would have been a great final. But one of us has to go out early and we'll be doing all we can to make sure it's them.
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I'm very secretive. I'll write a whole novel and revise it, which might take me two years or more, and the people I know best don't know what I'm writing about.
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I know nothing about technology.
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When you try to do something you've never done before, you risk falling on your face.
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Egypt is a sovereign nation.
