William Hazlitt Quotes
Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.
Quotes to Explore
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I'd like to meet a lovely man who shares my interests. On the other hand, I possibly will not. It's part of the hand you're dealt. It's a challenge-and I'm not atypical.
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I wish somebody had given me the news that ideas don't just fall on your head like fairy dust. You have to treat that like a job. You have to spend hours each day, where you're just like, 'This is the part of the day when I'm looking for an idea.'
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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One thing I really hate is experience. Experience for me doesn't work. Everybody's talking about experience this, experience that.
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I don't think there is much American music.
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Only 10 percent of the people in the U.S. like dry wines. You shouldn't get down on people just because they like a little sugar.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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Cloture is simply cutting off debate.
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I have a knack for choosing the wrong people.
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I've traveled more than any human being who's ever lived.
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I want to be a major force.
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There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.
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I lie, I cheat, and I steal.
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People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you.
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We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture.
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My biggest fear is doing the same things 10 years from now. That would be a failure. It's something you have to constantly reassess, and asking yourself what you are going to do next makes it a good, long full journey.
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They who derive their worth from their ancestors resemble potatoes, the most valuable part of which is underground.
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Social media is a superimposing place where people are usually bragging.
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Everybody has barriers and obstacles. If you look at them as containing fences that don't allow you to advance, then you're going to be a failure. If you look at them as hurdles that strengthen you each time you go over one, then you're going to be a success.
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When people seriously undertake to identify what really matters most to them in their lives, what they really want to be and do, they become very reverent. They start to think in larger terms than today and tomorrow.
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Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.
