William Hurt Quotes
Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure
Quotes to Explore
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
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It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
Garry Kasparov -
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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No Hindu community, however low, will touch cow's flesh. On the other hand, there is no community which is really an Untouchable community which has not something to do with the dead cow. Some eat her flesh, some remove the skin, some manufacture articles out of her skin and bones.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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No man may make another free.
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No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.
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I love doing serious movies for adults.
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Entrepreneurship requires flexibility and an open society, and there will always be people who succeed and people who follow. For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.
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Art is born of humiliation.
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It's always nice to have more than just two hands if you're making cakes.
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'Halo' I wrote with my grandpa in his nursing home. When I went to visit him, he'd often comment on my halo. But of course, I couldn't see. And he always - he had pictures of Jesus with these beautiful halos. And so I asked him if he'd write a song with me about Jesus' halo.
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When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.
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I realised that music controls me more than I control music. I had to write songs that were convincing me that things would get better.
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No one ever comitted suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one.
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Oh, I loved John Wayne. He was just so charming and easy to work with.
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I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.
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Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice.
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Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure
