William Hazlitt Quotes
Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor.
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I want young Indian composers to be able to do more than just film music. I want to give them the skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. It doesn't matter if they become sound engineers, producers, composers or performers - I want them to be as imaginative as they like.
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There is something inherently wrong, something out of accord with the ideals of representative democracy, when one portion of our citizenship turns its activities to private gain amid defensive war while another is fighting, sacrificing, or dying for national preservation.
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I give everything I have to give on the screen. I feel I don't owe the public anything else.
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We concentrate so much on anniversaries and birthdays that you forget it's the Tuesday that's tough that really counts. Sometimes she just needs some flowers or even just that ear. It's the little things that count. It's the regular days of the year that you have to keep your attention on her.
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People called '28 Days' and '28 Weeks' zombie movies, and they're not! It's some sort of virus; they're not dead.
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If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?
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I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.
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I loved talking to Sam Hodges. He was always very interesting, and I felt like I learned something every time I talked to him. I thought he was a fascinating man - maybe tough to work for, but he knew his business. He was extremely intelligent and fun to talk to.
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That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable.
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From a short-sided view, the whole moving contents of the heavens seemed to them a parcel of stones, earth and other soul-less bodies, though they furnish the sources of the world order.
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I have good hope that there is something after death.
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I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
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Whether rich people make money or lose money, they get no sympathy from the public.
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The president ... has been very clear that he will not tolerate unfair trade in the steel industry, and I'm sure he will want to raise that.
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Of course war is horrible, but at present it's still the only guarantee of peace.
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But yet they that have no Science , are in better, and nobler condition with their naturall Prudence; than men, that by their mis-reasoning, or by trusting them that reason wrong, fall upon false and absurd generall rules.
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Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor.
