William Hazlitt Quotes
Those who are pleased with the fewest things know the least, as those who are pleased with everything know nothing.
Quotes to Explore
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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Women are the heads of most households in our state and make the most financial decisions for their families.
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We are a pluralist civilisation because we allow mosques to be built in our countries, and we are not going to stop simply because Christian missionaries are thrown into prison in Kabul. If we did so, we, too, would become Taliban.
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It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.
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Every child, woman and man has a right to enough nutritious food for an active and healthy life.
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I will never be a fan of any kind of political correctness: I think it's instant death to creativity.
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If I hear a lie in my life with my children, with my wife, my work, my audiences, I want to annihilate myself, vaporize myself and wipe myself off the face of the earth.
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I'm only a human being.
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The interesting thing about history sometimes. is that you know these people existed, and you knew what jobs they did, but you don't know much about them as people, so you actually have to make them up.
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Age can be wonderful for red wine, but not for spacecraft.
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I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about.
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Laws must be clear, precise, and uniform for all citizens.
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If you want a strong society, it has to be inclusive. If you have to push a boulder up a hill, do you want 10 people or 100? If you weed out colour or gender, you get 10.
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If I came across a role that is completely mainstream and commercial, but it's the right one, I'd jump at the chance.
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It dawned on me, the enormity of my situation. I was, in fact, the catalyst for it all. That feeling has stayed with me ever since.
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I heard Davey Havok has a brand of eyeliner out now... its AFI-liner
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My name is not Susan, so watch what you say. If you still need her, then be on your way.
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who should give a clear answer to the question of whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction or not.
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Plants are shaped by cultivation and men by education. .. We are born weak, we need strength; we are born totally unprovided, we need aid; we are born stupid, we need judgment. Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given us by education.
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When you define the audience, the performer becomes what the audience wants. Politicians do that all the time.
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Working with Marilyn Monroe on The Misfits (1961) nearly gave me a heart attack. I have never been happier when a film ended.
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Those who are pleased with the fewest things know the least, as those who are pleased with everything know nothing.
