William Hazlitt Quotes
The wretched are in this respect fortunate, that they have the strongest yearning after happiness; and to desire is in some sense to enjoy.
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The truth is, I've been on a team my whole life. I'm the youngest of 7, so I've been training to be an athlete my whole life.
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I never want to hold myself up as the poster child of the successful mother-businesswoman. It's a total 'Gong Show.' I won't pretend. When you do so many things, something always suffers. You just can't be great at everything.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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I love 'The Guardian' series. Bianca St. Ives is one of my favorite heroines ever, and the combination of action, suspense, and romance makes her story pure fun to write.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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Whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific or the Rio Grande, we are here only because this country welcomed them in and taught them that to be an American is about something more than what we look like, or what our last names are, or how we worship.
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September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
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The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.
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We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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I have consistently supported laws ensuring women are able to make their own health care decisions, and I will continue to protect women's access to contraceptives and reproductive health care.
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Yes, anally retentive men are my forte!
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Growing up South African, I was comparatively in a world of privilege, especially being the youngest and being figuratively wrapped up in cotton wool by the rest of the family.
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Birds themselves are so interesting and intelligent, and they give so many cues without being verbal, so they say such great things. Feathers are superior to fur, even. They're so beautiful, and nature uses such amazing colors.
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The wretched are in this respect fortunate, that they have the strongest yearning after happiness; and to desire is in some sense to enjoy.
