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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My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
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I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.
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Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy.
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I wrote a draft of 'Playboy' for Warner Brothers, and it was impossible to really be independent of Hugh Hefner. In the end, Hugh Hefner was unable to take the back seat required to be able to write something about him that I felt I could do.
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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.
