William Hazlitt Quotes
Any one may mouth out a passage with a theatrical cadence, or get upon stilts to tell his thoughts; but to write or speak with propriety and simplicity is a more difficult task. Thus it is easy to affect a pompous style, to use a word twice as big as the thing you want to express; it is not so easy to pitch upon the very word that exactly fits it.William Hazlitt
Quotes to Explore
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
Victor Borge -
As I've traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I've heard people in small businesses use that word 'saved.' I believe many small businesses would not have had access to credit and would not have survived without the $50 billion that we were able to put into the market.
Karen Mills -
Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
Madeleine Stowe -
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
Oliver Herford -
We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
Larry Ellison -
I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by logic and sometimes that leads me to the right and sometimes to the wrong decision.
Laura Marling
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I'm a hybrid, and I kind of like that. Raised by African parents, growing up I lived between Burkina Faso and Stains, a suburb just outside of Paris. In Stains, I had all the cultures in the world on my doorstep, and that opens up your mind.
Jacky Ido -
I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
Patricia Velasquez -
The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
Pat Conroy -
Albania is going through a deep crisis because it lacks the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and freedom of the media. I don't think if we stop protesting the problem is solved.
Edi Rama -
People stayed with me and worked extra hard for me because I could see the potential in them – I'm not so sure they could see the potential in me.
Barbara Corcoran -
When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
Rakul Preet Singh -
After the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanians were crazed with happiness. People who never met each other before hugged each other in the streets - convinced that tomorrow things would look different. Then came the many disappointments.
Octavian Paler -
America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.
E. M. Forster -
Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.
Eddie Rickenbacker -
I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
Randy Moss -
I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago.
Walter Hill
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A leader who is self-aware enough to know that he or she is not adept at everything is one who has taken the first step toward being a great leader.
Marshall Goldsmith -
Heaven take my soul, and England keep my bones!
William Shakespeare -
Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.
Jennifer Gilmore -
I am sure that in the story of Adam and Eve, the forbidden fruit was a fig and not an apple, pear or anything else.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
A true Christian is one who has not only peace of conscience, but war within. He may be known by his warfare as well as by his peace.
J. C. Ryle -
Any one may mouth out a passage with a theatrical cadence, or get upon stilts to tell his thoughts; but to write or speak with propriety and simplicity is a more difficult task. Thus it is easy to affect a pompous style, to use a word twice as big as the thing you want to express; it is not so easy to pitch upon the very word that exactly fits it.
William Hazlitt