William Hazlitt Quotes
A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others, and exacts it in return from them.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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In the early 2009, a campaign plan developed by Petraeus and General McChrystal to defeat the Taliban, they required a minimum force of 40,000. President Obama rejected that recommendation and provided 25 percent less. He also decided he would pull the force out in 12 to 15 months.
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It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.
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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
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The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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My main hobby is working. I love what I do.
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If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.
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Brotherhood is an ideal better understood by example than precept! (Chapter 48 - 'At Encinitas In California')
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It was like the Beatles had arrived, you know. These four elderly ladies, and they were screaming for us-screaming for us. It was wonderful.
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Death by hanging...well, in view of the whole situation, I never expected anything different. It's all right.
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A vase of unbaked clay, when broken, may be remoulded, but not a baked one.
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I'm on a quest to claim absolute victory on every front.
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Ah, but ignorance is better. At least then there's hope.
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I love to travel, but I hate to arrive.
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I always have a book that I use that somehow inspires my novels.
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My mother was a housewife but she was also an artist. My father was an electrical engineer.
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Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. It is a scourge for humanity, and America must project its values and protect vulnerable persons.
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A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.
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The truth belongs to those who seek it, not to those who claim to own it.
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I myself was born with an enormous need for affection and a terrible need to give it
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When I finish a film, I want to forget it. I never like to repeat myself. Maybe, when I am dead, they will find certain consistencies in the style of my films, but I never want one film to look like another.
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A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others, and exacts it in return from them.
