William Hazlitt Quotes
Perhaps propriety is as near a word as any to denote the manners of the gentleman; elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman; dignity is proper to noblemen; and majesty to kings.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
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Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
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I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.
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If I decide to make a coat red in the show, it's not just red, I think: is it communist red? Is it cherry cordial? Is it ruby red? Or is it apple red? Or the big red balloon red?
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We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to... until they really bite us in the butt.
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More and more what we're licensing, we're licensing on a global basis - even though the studios aren't orchestrated to sell that way yet, my bet is that they will.
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My parents have Google Alerts on me. So they'll often times send me an e-mail and be like, 'Hey did you know this?' And then I'll be like, 'Well, it is, like, my life. So yes, I did know that.' Or, 'That's not even true. I don't know where you read that.' I have Googled myself, yes. But my parents really have Google Alerts on me.
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The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
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I believe you never get tired by doing work. You get tired when you don't work. When you clean your house, you don't get tired; it gives you satisfaction.
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I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
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I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives, which is what being a writer says to me.
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I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies.
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Still often interventionist, convinced of our importance in the world, even those of us born long after 1900 live in a country that is much more Victorian than we think.
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I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my substitute of choice for retention.
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My favourite colours have always been '60s Miami-inspired gold and peach - feminine but not too girlie.
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Toward the end of the Olympics, you get physically tired and drained. And no matter how much rest you have, your body is tired.
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I love Romney. It is not his fault that he is the son of a successful governor and makes $20 million a year.
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If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.
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He's kind of this empty vessel of a character, ... His awkward sensibilities, his neuroses, I loved those things. . . .
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In the natural state no concept of God can arise, and the false one which one makes for himself is harmful. Hence the theory of natural religion can be true only where there is no science; therefore it cannot bind all men together.
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...I will not be a sight gag for anybody. I will not do anything degrading to myself or other fat people.
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Perhaps propriety is as near a word as any to denote the manners of the gentleman; elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman; dignity is proper to noblemen; and majesty to kings.
