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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Psych yourself up until you're confident that the world will be interested in what happens to your characters. Confidence is key.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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It's a little daunting to know you're going to take off your clothes and 16 million people are going to see it. It's not a normal day at the office.
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In the West we have a tendency to be profit-oriented, where everything is measured according to the results and we get caught up in being more and more active to generate results. In the East-especially in India – I find that people are more content to just be, to just sit around under a banyan tree for half a day chatting to each other. We Westerners would probably call that wasting time. But there is value to it. Being with someone, listening without a clock and without anticipation of results, teaches us about love. The success of love is in the loving – it is not in the result of loving.
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People addicted to secrecy are so without knowing why; they are not so for cause, but for secrecy's sake.
