William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years in your life happier if you do.
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I don't understand why every guy is not a romantic. I enjoy it.
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I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.
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The thing is, I live a very public life, and I have to keep things personal, or else I have no personal life. It's very difficult.
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I dreaded having a boring life when I grew up. And I certainly can't complain about being bored.
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There's a physicality and confidence to Americans; they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.
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When you discover first love as a teenager, your whole life revolves around it and you open yourself up to it.
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My most firmly held value is what Albert Schweitzer termed 'reverence for life.' I take this seriously; many would say that because I extend it to nonhumans, I take it too far.
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Life is one long jubilee.
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When you get bullied, you automatically think that you're the reason why you're getting bullied. The reality is, it's about them, not you... I'm all about blocking people. I'm all about saying, 'You know what, I don't need this in my life.'
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If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.
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I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.
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In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.
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Every moral teacher or spiritual adviser gives injunctions about how to live wisely and well. But life is so complicated and full of uncertainty that rules seldom tell us quite what to do.
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Either you face the challenges in life head on or back out. And I am not someone to back out from challenges.
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Much of what we consider the American way of life is rooted in the period of remarkably broad, shared economic growth, from around 1900 to about 1978.
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My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.
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Bergman movies were the most influential. They used to show at Goucher University, which was where my parents used to live. 'Brink of Life' was the first one I ever saw. Three pregnant women in a maternity ward and their misery - I love that. That is what I want to show at my funeral.
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I've had a lot of coaches in my life, but I've only had a few very good ones. So, I try to take from the best ones and apply those to what I do and think and with anyone I work with in terms of how to motivate people and work with them.
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Vastness! and Age! and Memories of Eld!Silence! and Desolation! and dim Night!I feel ye now - I feel ye in your strength.
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Changes can be made. New decisions can be made. If people say, 'It's not like that in the comics!' Well, comic books reinvent their characters a lot. They do different things with them all the time. They're always changing, always keeping things fresh. So that shouldn't be an issue if the race changes for a character.
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I love how Jamie Oliver makes seasonal, local foods in a rustic way, without a lot of fuss.
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Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years in your life happier if you do.
