William Hazlitt Quotes
Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.
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Tel Aviv appeals to me.
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Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
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My heart is as pure as the driven slush.
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I have great admiration for the fact – checking team. Considering it takes me years to gather all the facts in my books, it's a daunting task for the fact – checkers to review all of that material in a matter of weeks.
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I am not driven.
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I was driven completely by a desire to understand how cells worked.
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I'm not driven by being understood.
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I've always had so much admiration for my mom. She's so inspiring as a woman and as an artist.
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But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section.
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I have a hard time doing anything someone else tells me to do! I've always been driven to follow my own path and not be pushed down another lane because some executive thought I could be more commercially successful or whatever.
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Mumford & Sons' music appeals to a lot of America. I'm really proud of them.
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I want people - especially young girls - to know that in life, nothing is going to be based on sex appeal. You've got to have something else to go with that.
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What I have in me... it's not hard, and it's not cold, and it's not fierce ambition, that's not what it is. It's a drive [for success], but it's not a drive...it's being driven, it's something I have no control over. It's something pushing me, I'm not pushing myself.
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Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.
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I'm not great with money. I'd go crazy if I were left to my own devices. My mum and girlfriend sort it out. I'm not driven by it, but I love to be generous.
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The dusk runs down the lane driven like hail; Far off a precise whistle is escheat To the dark; and then the towering weak and pale....
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The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.
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I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot of admiration for anybody who can start with absolutely nothing and make a little something out of it.
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I think there are things that you look for when you're younger, and you think they are going to make you happier or make you feel complete. That's not going to happen, and it's really about living the moments. Eventually, you reach a point when you're at ease with your life and don't have any unrealistic expectations.
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Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.
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Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.
