William Hazlitt Quotes
The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship.
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Though many people said there is no joint border between Turkey and Montenegro, it feels like we are next to each other. We are in the same neighborhood.
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I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men's clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am.
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Don't avoid extremes, and don't choose any one extreme. Remain available to both the polarities - that is the art, the secret of balancing.
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I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week.
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People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.
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I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.
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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
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I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even if I sing a jingle, I take it as seriously as oxygen.
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My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
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Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
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There's a certain fear of simplicity. I think that's the thing, when you're younger as an artist, you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you're playing, the better.
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My favourite place to eat is my grandma's kitchen. She makes a mean crab cake.
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The entertainment business hasn't had a new idea in years.
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You get more insight as you get older, on everything.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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I don't plot with huge detail, just big moments and important elements, and then I have a structure but can fly by the seat of my pants when I write.
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Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress to decide how much it wanted to fund.
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When someone holds a knife to your throat it's easy to be scared. It's not hard to imagine what it would be like.
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I eat super clean and am always watching what I eat.
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Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat.
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I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends.
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The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship.
