William Hazlitt Quotes
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Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
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I'm doing my best to mindfully raise my son to feel safe and encouraged to express himself.
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As patients and consumers, we are better informed today about our health care than any previous generation.
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I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.
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Israel, in general, should learn from other nations. We have a tendency to teach the world. In many cases, we should learn from the world, because they make advances.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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I'm one of those pesky Brits.
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I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I have about 4 million Lego bricks. And then a few million in storage in case something comes up. I still pay for them. I buy my bricks just like everyone else. It's by far my biggest capital expense.
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I've been on sets my whole life.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.
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Why do we take pleasure in gruesome death, neatly packaged as a puzzle to which we may find a satisfactory solution through clues - or if we are not clever enough, have it revealed by the all-powerful tale-teller at the end of the book? It is something to do with being reduced to, and comforted by, playing by the rules.
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I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.
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This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.
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Acting is a form of confession.
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I don't know if a government bailout will rescue America's auto industry, but I do know that if there is a bailout, it better come with a big, bright stop sign and lots of strings attached.
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I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
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With the departure of Congressman Neil Abercrombie (D), who is running for the governorship of Hawaii, and with the tragic and very sad passing of my personal friend Jack Murtha (D-Pa.), mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill and this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they’ve gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots.
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We are the greatest power in the world. If we behave like it.
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Those who can command themselves command others.
