William Hazlitt Quotes
The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home. It's an object that can tell the home where I am and what I'm doing.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It's often the effeminate boys and the masculine girls, the ones who violate gender norms and expectations, who get bullied.
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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What I like to call 'journalism of depth' is the media that regards the collective conscience of the masses to be its point of departure. It is the media that believes, as a matter of principle, in the potential capabilities of the people and respects their choices.
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Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept.
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I love my sleep.
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Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.
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On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.
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The freedom that money gives you makes you... well, I wouldn't say happy, but I'd say it gives you diversity.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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Whoever said love is blind is dead wrong. Love is the only thing that lets us see each other with the remotest accuracy.
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My earliest memory of the Olympics was watching the 1996 Games in Atlanta. I remember everyone being so excited to watch. Seeing the American athletes on the podium, I saw myself. I knew that that was what I wanted to do. I wanted to be one of those athletes on the podium representing their country and bringing home medals.
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I like following whatever's right for me at any given time. I could have stayed with Free for 40 years, but it becomes a corporate entity after a while, and once I become locked into it and governed by it and am expected to do a certain thing all of the time, I tend to want to move on.
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Of course, this being Perl, we could always take both approaches.
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The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.
