William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
For my part, I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man's moral senses,--the very easiest to be deadened when wakened, and in some never wakened at all.
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I have the mentality of a winner. I first went to the Olympic Games when I was 17, three weeks after my O-levels, and I remember sitting in a dining-hall filled with the world's best athletes.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed.
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We seem to think we have some control over this planet.
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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
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For me personally, I'm always writing from what's happening in my emotional life. Even without thinking about it a lot of the time, it comes out in the songs that I'm writing.
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At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.
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I think that if you can't be loyal to the Church, it's best to get out.
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Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.
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I'm really fascinated by lingos and colloquialisms that are outmoded and have gone by the wayside. I love the way people spoke in the '30s, and the amazing slang of the mid-'60s and '70s.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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Maybe Drudge is more entertainer than reporter. I imagine he enjoys baiting the mainstream media, then watching it look foolish when his story is debunked.
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It's tough. The losses we've suffered, we could've had eight in a row. . . . But we can't look back on that now.
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You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.
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People need to trust what gardai say on the stand, and I can understand that perhaps in a scenario whereby lots of things are happening quickly and people are caught up in the heat of the moment, they may have a recollection that isn't exactly as things happened.
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For my part, I believe that remorse is the least active of all a man's moral senses,--the very easiest to be deadened when wakened, and in some never wakened at all.
