William Hazlitt Quotes
Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume larger than all the libraries in it.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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I have selective hearing.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I was vegetarian for a long time, and in the last four years I started eating chicken and fish. I feel like it really built up my strength a lot.
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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I think when you have an optimistic attitude, and you believe that God is guiding you, that you will find the good things in your life and that you will lead to good relationships and good people in your life. And you can make the most of what he's given you.
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People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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Blip.tv is growing its audience by forming partnerships with traditional TV manufacturers and a new breed of company in the set-top box market that lets consumers connect to the Internet via their televisions.
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Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.
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I went from a player who was never fit to a person who actually worked hard to get myself in shape.
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As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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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.
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Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.
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He is intangible and invisible. But His work is more powerful than the most ferocious wind. The Spirit brings order out of chaos and beauty out of ugliness. He can transform a sin-blistered man into a paragon of virtue. The Spirit changes people. The Author of life is also the Transformer of life.
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Emotionality is really easy for me. My father always said that Fondas can cry at a good steak.
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I don't like to do things for any other reason than it happens spontaneously or there's something that makes it happen naturally. I don't like putting down too many plans and trying to do a strategy to get a certain response or a certain effect.
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There is an ideal of excellence for any particular craft or occupation; similarly there must be an excellent that we can achieve as human beings. That is, we can live our lives as a whole in such a way that they can be judged not just as excellent in this respect or in that occupation, but as excellent, period. Only when we develop our truly human capacities sufficiently to achieve this human excellent will we have lives blessed with happiness.
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Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume larger than all the libraries in it.
