William Hogarth Quotes
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.
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I prefer atrophy over exercise any day.
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I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in that. That's a great person; they're going to be a great doctor.
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At some point, all comics have to go out and be retail salesmen doing door-to-door. And this idea of somebody who totally knows their craft having to get up for free in front of a crowd to work out some stuff they're thinking in their head, still, after as much success as you can get, is really interesting.
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It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions.
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The American president has a peculiar leadership responsibility to speak out for freedom.
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I don't think I've ever read a food piece or a food book.
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I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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If a company is profitable, the founder is in control. If it's not, investors are in control.
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If die I must, let me die drinking in an Inn.
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Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries.
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Horror serves a cathartic role in human society, all throughout the world. It is a way of confronting the darkness, both within and without.
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The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.
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I had some great experiences, but there were times when films didn't do well right, especially after 'Vicky Donor.'
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I love being in the present. When I was playing for my school, the only thing I wanted to do was get selected for the under-16 or the under-19 district teams. When I was selected for the district, I would think about the next level, which was getting selected for the state side. I'm a person who lives very in the moment.
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There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.
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Me against enemies, me against friends. Somehow theyboth seem to become one
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I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops.
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The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius.
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All I have is me. Over-worked, under-appreciated, middle-aged, and shriveled up.
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It is hard, I submit, to loathe bloodshed, including war, more than I do, but it is still harder to exceed my loathing of the very nature of totalitarian states in which massacre is only an administrative detail.
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I know of no such thing as genius, genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
