William Hazlitt Quotes
A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
Quotes to Explore
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Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.
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I always wanted to do a bit of Bollywood and a bit of Hollywood.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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People think that I have this wonderful hourglass figure, but I owe that to designer Tadashi Shoji because he cuts for me really well.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.
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Seeing a catering truck feels like home.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.
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In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.
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In this new age of GPS, Google Earth and multidimensional digital maps, mapping is suddenly hugely relevant again.
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The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.
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An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought.
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Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
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I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
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I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.
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The Irish job was something that had to be sorted out.
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You want your lady to be a contortionist. What man wouldn't want a lady who's a contortionist?
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I don't understand this whole Twitter, Facebook stuff. I don't get it. Make a phone call. Talk to somebody.
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It is not matter that creates an illusion of consciousness, but consciousness that creates an illusion of matter.
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Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth.
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I'm like a renegade and that rubs people wrong.
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I feel very strongly indeed that a Cambridge education for our scientists should include some contact with the humanistic side. The gift of expression is important to them as scientists; the best research is wasted when it is extremely difficult to discover what it is all about ... It is even more important when scientists are called upon to play their part in the world of affairs, as is happening to an increasing extent.
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A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
