William Hazlitt Quotes
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My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4; she wanted to make sure I was serious, and I wanted to be Chuck Berry when I grew up! We were a very musical family; my mum would play guitar, and her, my dad and aunt would sing and harmonize!
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With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.
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There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.
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I like to do my own make-up.
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I think there are so many phenomenal runners. I grew up watching Cathy Freeman, Kelly Holmes, and Michael Johnson, so I'd say they are my favourites.
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In my experience with print journalists, the distinction between remarks being uttered on- or off-the-record is held sacrosanct, but the distinction between truth and falsity sometimes isn't.
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God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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At the time of Woodstock, I was just 13, but I used to see these exotic hippy creatures and I did look on with envy. How could you not? In an ideal world, I would have loved to have been a hippy - but I might have been a bit strait-laced. It was my fantasy.
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If you love a man, immediately you will reduce your intake of food - it's automatic.
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
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As for a fantasy life, working women are more likely to fantasize about finding the perfect child care provider who she can both trust and afford. She might also fantasize that tonight her husband will both shop for and cook dinner.
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Are you or aren't you convinced that weakness is a man's condition? How can you raise yourself if you haven't fallen first?
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If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.