William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
Young ladies may have been crossed in love, and have had their sufferings, their frantic moments of grief and tears, their wakeful nights, and so forth; but it is only in very sentimental novels that people occupy themselves perpetually with that passion, and I believe what are called broken hearts are a very rare article indeed.
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By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?
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With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
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That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
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Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.
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I'm past my wooing days now. See, I am an honest person. If I like a girl, I will go and tell her.
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Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.
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My most joy that I have is dancing.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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I was a horrible athlete.
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We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.
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When you realize that the uncut 'Porgy and Bess' started me off, that I'd have the opportunity to do a ton of 'Stoppard,' 'Hairspray,' that I'm able to do 'Il Trittico' at the Met – how do I top that?
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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
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We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting - our shoulders square, our lipstick on - because you deserve equal pay for your hard work.
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One month, two months, I am ready to accept any accord on this point that has the approval of the inspectors.
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When people still talk about art that I made in the 60's- most of them never saw it, and they never lived through it, and they don't have a clue about it. The idea that they know what minimalism is is absurd. I don't know what minimalism is!
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Numbers are intellectual witnesses that belong only to mankind.
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I'm such a theater geek. Most of my friends are in this community, and it's really important for me to keep doing it. It takes the ego out of acting, whereas movies tend to involve it.
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Young ladies may have been crossed in love, and have had their sufferings, their frantic moments of grief and tears, their wakeful nights, and so forth; but it is only in very sentimental novels that people occupy themselves perpetually with that passion, and I believe what are called broken hearts are a very rare article indeed.
