William Hazlitt Quotes

When you find out a man's ruling passion, beware of crossing him in it.

William Hazlitt

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• The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.

  

  Haile Selassie
  • Time
  • World
  • True

• In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, the people from my neighborhood. I've come to realize that this is an advantage, really: it keeps you on your toes.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• It's actually pretty complex, because there's two levels of reality in the narrative. One is what really took place, and the other is Spider's poisoned version of what took place.

  

  Gabriel Byrne
  • Pretty
  • Reality
  • Place

• All of us grow.

  

  Foster Friess
  • Grow
  • U.S.

• Food is fuel and not a solution to anything other than giving your body nutrients. I love chocolate like the next girl, but it's not going to change my situation.

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • Girl
  • Like
  • Body

• I just want to have a nice, happy life.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Life
  • Happy
  • Nice

• I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.

  

  Edie McClurg
  • Myself
  • Act
  • Others

• I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went to L.A. and an agent said, 'I think you belong in commercials and TV.' So I did that and got some opportunities that I absolutely love.

  

  Rachael Harris
  • Think
  • Opportunities
  • Actress

• No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Think
  • Politics
  • Perspective

• I love Westerns!

  

  Barry Corbin
  • Love
  • I Love
  • Westerns

• It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.

  

  Abu Bakr
  • Morning
  • Matter
  • Birds

• Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • Country
  • Vote
  • Voting

• I was raised in a way where there was no distinction between kids and adults.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Kids
  • Way
  • Where

• Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet Union.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Riot
  • Armenians
  • Azerbaijanis

• A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow.

  

  Leonardo da Vinci
  • Shadow

• ‘If one approaches a problem with order and method there should be no difficulty in solving it - none whatever,’ said Pirot severely.

  

  Agatha Christie

• I would like to believe that I am a collaborative actor. That's why I love all the directors I have worked with in recent times, as they are all collaborative directors. I think my constant desire is to keep bettering my own work. I don't get easily satisfied with my work; I am very critical of it. I learn from my mistakes.

  

  Deepika Padukone
  • Work
  • Believe
  • Why

• I've always thought photography is not so much of an art form but a way of communicating and passing on information.

  

  Don McCullin
  • Art
  • Photography

• In order to spare you any further repulsion, it would be best not to mention any of the unpleasant details of this story, particularly a secret message, a toboggan, a deceitful trap, a swarm of snow gnats, a scheming villain, a troupe of organized youngsters, a covered casserole dish, and a surprising survivor of a terrible fire.

  

  Daniel Handler
  • Fire
  • Snow

• I'm glad I have a story to tell. It's unique, it's mine, and I'm blessed to have it.

  

  Chris Harris, Jr.
  • Unique
  • Blessed

• If we come to see that this world does not have the final word, then we open our mind and therefore our entire lives to experience the possibility of infinite possibilities.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • World
  • Mind
  • Experience

• When you find out a man's ruling passion, beware of crossing him in it.

  

  William Hazlitt