William Hazlitt Quotes
Our opinions are not our own, but in the power of sympathy. If a person tells us a palpable falsehood, we not only dare not contradict him, but we dare hardly disbelieve him to his face. A lie boldly uttered has the effect of truth for the instant.William Hazlitt
Quotes to Explore
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If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.
Ed Harris -
To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
Taisen Deshimaru -
I feel like I became an artist by default. I went to art college, but my interest was always more towards film than painting or sculpture.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it.
V. S. Naipaul -
I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
Ian Mckellen -
Since I played a warrior in 'Magadheera,' my character sported shoulder-length hair and a thick beard.
Ram Charan
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
Mahesh Babu -
If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills. Clearly I'm not meant to do anything else.
Harlan Coben -
The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
Uzo Aduba -
Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
N. Murray Edwards -
What led me to be an actor is that I have a strange something in me that can drastically change the way I appear to the world. Growing up, I couldn't understand why people would always have different ideas of me - but because of that I became aware of how you can manipulate your own ability to change. And then I learned to make a career of it.
Zooey Deschanel -
Play for Canada? Why not? I have a Canadian passport.
Oscar Taveras
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As a kid, my grandma would be dancing all the time.
Victor Cruz -
Night fell clean and cold in Dublin, and wind moaned beyond my room as if a million pipes played the air.
Patricia Cornwell -
Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.
Carl Jung -
My father worked, and my mother played bridge. Every time I went out of the house, I was chauffeur-driven with my nanny next to me to stop me being kidnapped.
J. G. Ballard -
My least favorite subject? Uh... I didn't have a least favorite subject because, I mean, high school is so much fun.
Nate Robinson -
When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.
Jack Prelutsky
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I've realized that I'm more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love myself more. Being thin is about changing the way you think about yourself. It's about saying that you deserve to be healthy.
Valerie Bertinelli -
Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.
Tamora Pierce -
Better a child should be ignorant of a thousand truths than have consecrated in its heart a single lie.
John Ruskin -
The mind which renounces, once and for ever, a futile hope, has its compensation in ever-growing calm.
George Gissing -
You'll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure.
Carlos Ghosn -
Our opinions are not our own, but in the power of sympathy. If a person tells us a palpable falsehood, we not only dare not contradict him, but we dare hardly disbelieve him to his face. A lie boldly uttered has the effect of truth for the instant.
William Hazlitt