William Hazlitt Quotes
The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.
William Hazlitt
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I think, to me, the sheer joy of fancy dress is that it allows you to take a break from our very carefully considered and constructed identities.
Kate Reardon
I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing it just for them. We in America take so much for granted.
Natalie Cole
If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's records on.
Cameron Diaz
When I auditioned for 'Fargo,' there was something about it that I was hungry for because of how right it felt for me.
Rachel Keller
I was married for four years, then success happened.
Jackee Harry
I love meeting fans. They're always fun, they always have good things to say, smart questions to ask, and plenty of ideas for me to explore in the future.
Tamora Pierce
I love that you work out relationships with people as you're filming just to get something real to play on screen.
Lee Pace
A timid dog barks more violently than it bites. Curtius Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet
Quintus Curtius Rufus
[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours more than two to one, I sent my task force commanders this dispatch: ATTACK REPEAT ATTACK. They did attack, heroically, and when the battle was done, the enemy turned away. All problems, personal, national, or combat, become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble. Carry the battle to the enemy! Lay your ship alongside his!
William Halsey
In my time, we served with noble and ethical leaders: Gerry Ford, Bob Michael, John Rhodes, men of impeccable honesty. We didn't have anybody locked up for a violation of ethics.
Pete McCloskey
The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.
William Hazlitt
