William Hazlitt Quotes
Persons of slender intellectual stamina dread competition, as dwarfs are afraid of being run over in the street.
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The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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When we begin to desire a thing, to yearn for it with all our hearts, we begin to establish relationship with it in proportion to the strength and persistency of our longing and intelligent effort to realize it.
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The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used to it, too. It's exciting.
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I grew up in a little town in Minnesota, 500 people. I went out to Princeton, and I wasn't very well-accepted out there by the fancy folks of Princeton University, I felt. I came away bruised and feeling rejected.
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I had a flip phone until I was 25, and I didn't use social media until that age, either.
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You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.
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Typically, a book is published and gets one season in the sun. Eventually, you write another book, and maybe your old books get a bump, but my books seem to keep being discovered and recommended to new people of all ages.
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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.
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Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.
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Perhaps one of the most difficult things for us to do is to choose a notable and joyous dress for men. There would be more joy in life if we were to accustom ourselves to use all the beautiful colours we can in fashioning our own clothes.
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The Uighurs are a Turkic people more closely related to Uzbeks and Kazakhs than to Chinese.
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Men, you are in a battle. You are in a war. The stakes of this war and its casualties are higher than a checkmark in the win or loss column. Lives will be lost. Eternities will be shaped. Destinies will either be discovered or dismissed. Dreams will be attained or relinquished.
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The most profitable and praiseworthy genius in the world is untiring industry.
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If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you are doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking.
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Feeling insecure is good for you. It forces you to do something better, drives you to use all your talents.
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I was 10 when I realised I couldn't stand football. I'd tried, obviously, before this - no one wants to give in to social pariah-hood without a fight. I had stood frozen on pitches, done some running about and shouted a lot, as though I cared.
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Persons of slender intellectual stamina dread competition, as dwarfs are afraid of being run over in the street.
