William Hazlitt Quotes
True friendship is self-love at second hand; where, as in a flattering mirror we may see our virtues magnified and our errors softened, and where we may fancy our opinion of ourselves confirmed by an impartial and faithful witness.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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Your genome knows much more about your medical history than you do.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
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In Japan, there's a TV series called Jin. It deals with time travel. I like stories about time travel. It's a story about people living in modern day that travel back to the Edo era. Those things really interest me.
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Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.
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I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
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The VA does a lot of good things, but determining if a firm is a small business is not one of them.
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I always say you've only got one life to live, and you're not promised a tomorrow. So, you might as well just have a good time with it.
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I'm obsessed with 'Homeland.' It's not even okay.
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Many people are insecure of many people.
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Sometimes I'll turn the channel and there's the movie and I can honestly say that those last few minutes always fascinate me. It's one of the rare instances when image, music, and drama work effectively.
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My favorite actor is - I can't believe I'm saying this - is Meagan Good. I've met her in person.
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Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice.
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Forgiveness is the stroke of God within us. The American people haven't ignored what he did. He asked for forgiveness and the American people gave it to him. Theirs is the higher morality.
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Everything is grounded in mystery. Everything is swimming, and the stable does not exist. Life is a series of guesses, and there is mystery in a match. The commonplace is the habitual, and the habitual is a mystery that has grown stale from sense-insistence. Life undulates; there is no such thing as a level; a straight line is a myth, and all directions are indirections.
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True friendship is self-love at second hand; where, as in a flattering mirror we may see our virtues magnified and our errors softened, and where we may fancy our opinion of ourselves confirmed by an impartial and faithful witness.
