William Hazlitt Quotes
Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.
Quotes to Explore
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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America is the first country... that can actually have a bloodless revolution.
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I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress.
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Christianity has kept itself going for centuries on hope alone, and has perpetrated all manner of naughtiness in the meantime.
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I think that my love of cooking grew out of my love of reading about cooking. When I was a kid, we had a bookcase in the kitchen filled with cookbooks. I would eat all my meals reading about meals I could have been having.
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I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means.
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I was actually supposed to be a basketball player, not an actress. My parents had me playing basketball on competitive teams when I was in kindergarten. Even though my heart belongs to the arts, I'm a tomboy at heart, too.
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When you are romancing a woman in a relationship, it should be poetic. It should have layers.
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The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
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In my mind's eye, Shakespeare is a huge, hot sea-beast, with fire in his veins and ice on his claws and inscrutable eyes, who looks like an inchoate hump under the encrustations of live barnacle-commentaries, limpets and trailing weeds.
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Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own self-interest; specialization, which he called division of labor; and freedom of trade.
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My coherence-creating groups are going to put out all this mischief-mongership in the world.
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The paparazzi terrify and torment people and endanger people and it's really unpleasant.
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The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't dictate to her.
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I have the feeling I’ve been— unpleasant.
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We've improved the machine, found some good tires and I think I've improved my riding as well over these past two days.
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Let husbands know Their wives have sense like them. They see, and smell, And have their palates both for sweet and sour, As husbands have.
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Whenever I was on the pitch, I always tried to win.
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For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one.
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I've never won an argument with my wife; and the only time I thought I had I found out the argument wasn't over yet.
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I have many names; some call me Mr. Ra, others call me Mr. Re, you can call me Mr. Mystery.
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Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.
