William Hazlitt Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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All of us grow.
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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.
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I just want to have a nice, happy life.
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I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.
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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.
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No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.
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Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.
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I was a disadvantaged child from a non-educated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.
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I love Westerns!
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It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.
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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.
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When you're on the pop treadmill, you don't always feel that cool because you have to do things to promote the record that aren't necessarily your environment.
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I think there's much more fashion competition in the more junior levels of the fashion department. And that's exciting and stimulating to see, because it's 'Vogue;' it's great to see people dressed originally and with great style and panache. It wouldn't be 'Vogue' otherwise.
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I was raised in a way where there was no distinction between kids and adults.
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As time goes on, I get more and more convinced that the right method in investment is to put fairly large sums into enterprises which one thinks one knows something about and in the management of which one thoroughly believes. It is a mistake to think that one limits one's risk by spreading too much between enterprises about which one knows little and has no reason for special confidence. . . . One's knowledge and experience are definitely limited and there are seldom more than two or three enterprises at any given time in which I personally feel myself entitled to put full confidence.
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Hillary Clinton's loss has exposed the lack of Democratic power in this country at all levels.
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I believe it's true that one person can make a difference. But how much more difference 100 people make, or rather 99.
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So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone else's.
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When you find out a man's ruling passion, beware of crossing him in it.
