William Hazlitt Quotes
One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.
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If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success.
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For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.
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When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
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I have a job to do on policy. And I think that's what people want their governor to do. Not politics, policy.
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We live in an interconnected world, in an interconnected time, and we need holistic solutions. We have a crisis of inequality, and we need climate solutions that solve that crisis.
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Mama tried to save us from the streets, but the streets were too strong.
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Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
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Reactionaries often describe both Marx and Lenin as theorists, without taking into consideration that their utopias inspired Russia and China - the two countries called upon to lead a new world which will allow for human survival if imperialism does not first unleash a criminal, exterminating war.
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I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed down two or three levels of command before they're given to the assassin.
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When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.
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If we want parents to be discerning about what children are watching then we need to put stuff in there for them to watch, too.
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I just get up and live my life for today - try and deal with it as it comes.
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I feel like I'm a professional storyteller, really. A lot of people say 'a truth teller,' and, if the writing supports it, that's what your aim is: to try and present people with a series of truths, and then they can make up their mind about those and whether they have any real credence or weight.
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All the big problems of the world today are routed in the philosophy of separateness and dualism.
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One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.
