William Hazlitt Quotes
People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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I don't want to just go out and do song to song to song. I like to create things before the song actually kicks in, little things you do to excite the crowd.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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When you do take the home pregnancy test, it doesn't quite seem real. But when you see the baby and the heartbeat on the ultrasound, it's so incredible.
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One of the things I've become immune to is people talking about market cap and social media platforms.
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I think another problem people have is they are always searching for that high, and they don't realize they can get that same high with that same person again.
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I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.
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I don't think I'd want to concentrate on just acting because I love music, and things are going really well, so I think I will always continue to make music.
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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.
