William Hazlitt Quotes
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Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.
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If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.
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Free speech is not a bogus issue. It is an issue.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I think people probably think I self-start, but I don't... I'm an actor, and I like to be of use to the director. To be a muse.
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So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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I get notes posted on my windscreen wipers and through my letterbox.
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With every film that you do, you're always so nervous. You feel exposed because you know people will see this eventually. You sort of have to put all that out of your head. What will be will be. But it's nerve wracking.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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Man, it seems to me, is not in history: he is history.
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The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
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A man really determines himself by what he does.
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People should not judge me on what they hear. Let them wait and see me in action. Then they will see how I serve my people.
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I would love to tell you that it's been absolutely perfect, that I've been a man that's been super Christian. But I've had mistakes, dumb things I've regretted, so it's not a perfect life. But it's one that has helped me make better decisions.
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My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.
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When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it - I imagine it was unperformable - but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me.
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At work, you're replaceable... but as a parent, you're irreplaceable.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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It is easier to analyze a work in its form, in its evolution, than simply to love it with all the living forces of our heart. It is easier to define its peculiarities and its details than to draw out of it its emotion, its thought.
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People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not a good liar.
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It is better to desire than to enjoy, to love than to be loved.
