William Hazlitt Quotes
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.
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I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.
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If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.
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Food is my favourite thing in the world. I always say if I ate what I actually wanted to eat I'd be in one of those electronic scooters because I'd be too big.
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Western man is schizophrenic.
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The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - you really understand the impact of man, even in a place you know well. My work is meant to convince people we can no longer live like this.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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Since ancient times, people from throughout Asia have brought to Japan their talents, knowledge and energy, helping to lay the basis for Japan's existence as a country.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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I know a lot is going to be on our shoulders, especially the way we're starting games out. We have to start faster; I have to be sharper from the start, and I will be. And I'm confident that if we can get this thing started out a little better each week that we can get on that roll and be tough to stop.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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I banned bottled water from my house - we have a water-filter system so you can drink from the tap. We always drink out of glass, and recycling is a huge deal, which everybody can partake in.
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I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy to do that when someone can put you in more serious roles. I'm not blaming them for that - it's just up to me to show people what I can do.
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People say I'm deceptively unassuming, but that's the way I go through life. I'm not flash. You can make it sound calculated, but it's pretty much just me.
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I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies. So I thought, 'Maybe I'll get to produce one day and get to do cool stuff too,' which is what happened when we did 'Charlie's Angels.' Starting my production company was a big turning point for me.
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I've always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work - the rest is style.
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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.
