William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
Quotes to Explore
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We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.
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I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War.
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One becomes a grandfather and one sees the world a little differently. Certainly the world becomes a more vulnerable place when one has a grandchild, or now I have two. And I think that possibly there's some tenderness that came out of just time and age and being a parent and grandparent.
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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
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Getting married and then having children just centered me and grounded my values. It was like a whole new world. It started happening in New York with a little play called Cruise Control, where I relaxed, and then I kept getting work in Hollywood till this series happened.
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You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to an end, you'd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices.
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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
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An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.
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Eating disorders are usually nothing to do with food. Parents need to be with their child to see them through it. All the therapists in the world can't help if the parents aren't present, loving, and proactive.
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I love men who make me laugh.
Nastassja Kinski -
I think when I was 12, I started reading Evelyn Waugh, and I loved Evelyn Waugh so much, and I thought: 'This is how the world really is. If I could be Evelyn Waugh, then I would be happy.'
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Happiness is the bomb cosmetic! When I'm smiling, sometimes I'm giving thanks for all the things I have rather than worrying about the things I don't.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
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Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?
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On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.
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World makers, social network makers, ask one question first: 'How can I do it?'
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A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy.
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I just believe in the goodwill of people, the power of people to do something positive.
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Women have to be very vigilant, and demand the very best in public schools, health care and pay, those things that men and women of this state value are at risk.
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Dave Franco, I could put him up there with the best card throwers in the world. Not the best sleight of hand, but he could take a card and fire it over there and stick it into an apple. If he kept training at it, he could definitely break a Guinness World Record - he's that good.
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All things in the world of Nature are not controlled by Fate for the soul has a principle of its own.
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I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.
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I realised that you can go through times of extreme happiness, but if that happiness is not coming from a deeply rooted place, you will also be going through extreme lows of sadness.
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The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
