William Hazlitt Quotes
Tyrants forego all respect for humanity in proportion as they are sunk beneath it. Taught to believe themselves of a different species, they really become so, lose their participation with their kind, and in mimicking the god dwindle into the brute.
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I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.
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Having a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a genius, and having less than a million-dollar net worth doesn't make you a fool.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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I remember people saying: 'You look funny, your hair is so black, you have a flat nose,' but I didn't think of it being racism, and I still don't. But there was a sense of difference, of being an outsider.
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You just can't control your art in the future.
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
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When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.
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What role should religion play in the American public school classroom? My own knee-jerk response would be, 'none whatsoever,' but the Constitution isn't quite so direct on the subject.
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I'm going to be me, regardless of anything.
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I wouldn't mind having my heart broken because it would mean that I had that much feeling connected to somebody. And that would be really great.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.
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I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!
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I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should be done.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.
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One thing I learn - I've been in practice now for half a century or more, and the most important ingredient for an architect to do a good building is to have a good client. I think a client counts for as much as fifty per cent.
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The key to growth is acknowledging your fear of the unknown and jumping in anyway.
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Learn Arabic, for it strengthens the intelligence and increases one’s noble conduct (al-murû`ah).
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Ultimately, what we're striving for is people being allowed to do what they want and not feeling they should or shouldn't do certain things.
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We find no vestige of a beginning - no prospect of an end.
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Tyrants forego all respect for humanity in proportion as they are sunk beneath it. Taught to believe themselves of a different species, they really become so, lose their participation with their kind, and in mimicking the god dwindle into the brute.
