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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Time does not have the same appeal for every one
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The man and the movement seemed 'reactionary' in my eyes. My common sense of justice, however, forced me to change this judgment in proportion as I had occasion to become acquainted with the man and his work; and slowly my fair judgment turned to unconcealed admiration. Today, more than ever, I regard this man as the greatest German mayor of all times.
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I have nothing but admiration for the actors on soap operas. It is unbelievably challenging to put out an hour show in one day.
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Her mother was my wife," the Count roared, loudest of all. "You pathetic excuse for am money-grubbing fool, you disgrace to the face of the world." And with a shriek of disgust he turned and was gone. Guilietta was beside Inigo then, so excited. "Daddy likes you," she said.
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Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.
