William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
The death of a child occasions a passion of grief and frantic tears, such as your end, brother reader, will never inspire.
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I can get moody sometimes when I wake up after a nap - I'm like a four-year-old.
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I always played to win.
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.
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You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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The worst I think that I ever was, when 'Unforgettable' had come out, and not long after that I was on - I was on my way to my second divorce. And that was a crushing, crushing blow.
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My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.
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I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.
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The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.
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If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
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I've been lucky because Hollywood can be harsh and try to pigeonhole you. I've done TV, films, and comedy, done it all... I think I'm spread out evenly among the film community. I've been lucky and keep working with great actors.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change.
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You measure a government by how few people need help.
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Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.
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Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention of the people, and making himself necessary to them as their leader.
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I love 'Scrubs.' It's the best day job in the world.
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If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.
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Each individual bears within himself an ideal man, and to bring him forth in perfect form is his divinely imposed life-work.
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The death of a child occasions a passion of grief and frantic tears, such as your end, brother reader, will never inspire.
