William Hazlitt Quotes
People addicted to secrecy are so without knowing why; they are not so for cause, but for secrecy's sake.
Quotes to Explore
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I love being a mother. I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I personally feel that it's had a very positive effect on my work. I think it's an encouraging force for creativity, it feeds creativity - it did for me, certainly.
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For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
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Marriage isn't something you agree to do one day, and if things don't go right, then it's over.
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I cling to the idea that Herman Melville had to work at the end of his career watching ships in a dock, as a shipping agent in New York. Any writer who thinks they should be given patronage because of their gift... you don't have to look too far in history to see that's just not the case.
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From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it.
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People sort of went crazy when 'BTWAM' came out. I'm happy a bunch of people read it. I'm happy it touched so many people. I'm less happy that it became an object for certain folks or was discussed that way. I'm less happy that journalists started scrolling through my kid's Instagram account.
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Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost.
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People addicted to secrecy are so without knowing why; they are not so for cause, but for secrecy's sake.
