William Hazlitt Quotes
People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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For me, it's always been very essential to work on projects that one can work on almost for their entire life.
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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I don't know how to say no, and that's a weakness.
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I've pretty much behaved like a knucklehead my entire life.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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Midi is my hobby.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.
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I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.
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The idea of collaborating with anyone else was quite daunting. If Battles had any trepidation in asking me, I can assure you I had more after agreeing to do it.
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There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips.
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To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.
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I'm happy to work when I've worked, and you've got to take the hard times with the good times. But there are times where I'm not as financially set as one might assume. So you have concerns about, 'Wow, I have this level of notoriety and... I better get a job.'
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My mother always wanted to be an actress. She was an extra in movies and stuff. I have a feeling this is the classic story: The mother wants to be an actress, and the child ends up doing it. But it was never a jealousy thing between us. It was like - well, I was making my mom happy.
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My parents led this double life. They were in the underground movement to bring down the Nazis. My father was hanged for being a traitor.
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People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.
