William Hazlitt Quotes
To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.
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Art is too serious to be taken seriously.
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I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.
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You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.
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People in my confirmation process, on the right and the left, really loved that idea of having someone who's going to be in meetings arguing on behalf of the dignity of people who sometimes aren't represented in meetings. But by the same token, they have somewhat unrealistic expectations that I can kind of make my own policy.
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I don't quite know why, but I am long-winded.
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I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.
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I saw stars like Helen Hayes, Maurice Evans, Tallulah Bankhead and Cornelia Otis Skinner. It was enchanting. I knew that was the world I wanted to be in.
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I'm one of those guys who has to have a constant something going inside and in front of my face. If not, I get in trouble.
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My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.
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It's time Hawaii answer doubters and produce documents proving that it is a state. What are they hiding? And why haven't we seen these documents?
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I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending the insane war on drugs, restoring gun rights, and reducing the federal government to just its constitutional functions.
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It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.
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The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.
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I've said numerous times that I play to have a stage that people will listen to, and I pray to God that I do right by my influence.
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When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
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I love contemporary culture. Even the stuff I don't like.
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I try to fit in workouts whenever I can.
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Estoy en el ayer, en el hoy. ¿Y en mañana? En el mañana estuve.
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The ne plus ultra of wickedness ... is embodied in what is commonly presented to mankind as the creed of Christianity.
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Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new job, or a slum mother battling to give her kids a chance for a better life. But white is beautiful, too, when it helps change society to make our system work for black people also. White is ugly when it oppresses blacks-and so is black ugly when black people exploit other blacks. No race has a monopoly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of his skin.
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When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree."
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The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities
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To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.
