William Hazlitt Quotes
Like a rustic at a fair, we are full of amazement and rapture, and have no thought of going home, or that it will soon be night.
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
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I'd love to work with David Lynch. I'm such a big fan. He's a genius.
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I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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Whereas, generally speaking, zinc reacts suitably only with the first members of the alkyl iodides, with magnesium it is possible to use bromides, iodides, and in many cases, chlorides.
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level, not just having to be identified with what you do and what you say.
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If an alien with an accounting degree touched down in America, it might conclude that we're a weird cult that spends 11 months living frugally and four crazy weeks buying tons of stuff we don't need. It wouldn't be entirely wrong, either.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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If my mom reads that I'm grammatically incorrect I'll have hell to pay.
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.
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There is a lot of food culture that goes on in the home and in the community in non-traditional ways. Food is a lot more than restaurants.
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All work is a process of failure. Every single thing I write, I look at it and go, 'Do better. That's not good enough. Do better.' And so, that keeps me up at night.
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But I do have a computer at home and a pretty good ISDN connection.
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We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
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Like a rustic at a fair, we are full of amazement and rapture, and have no thought of going home, or that it will soon be night.
