William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.
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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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A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.
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I've always dreamed of having an album. The problem is that it's just very difficult to make an album nowadays because through technology, music shifts so fast, especially electronic music. Once you make five songs, the first one you did is already old and you wished you would have put it out right away. So that's kind of the difficult part.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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I can stay up watching TV so late.
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Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Ignoring facts does not make them go away.
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The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.
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It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.
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I found it very easy to transform into creeps and weirdos and losers and goof-balls, and I'm happy to play eccentric kinds of characters, and I have a great affinity for the outsider, but I definitely am about expanding my range as well.
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It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.
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Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.
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America is the world of peace and must be made the continent of its definite consequence.
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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I move countries every three or four years. I was born in London, and we lived in Canada. Then we lived in Saudi Arabia until the Gulf War broke out, when we were forced to leave. Then we hop-scotched for a while from Holland back to Canada back to Saudi Arabia. Then there was D-day, so we had to get out again.
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I don't remember, at 19, someone giving me a golden key and saying, 'Welcome to Hollywood; which job would you like?'
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In the 21st Century, the community of nations may see more and more of this very kind of threat that Iraq poses now - a rogue state with biological and chemical weapons. If we fail to respond, Saddam and all those who follow will believe that they can threaten the security of a vital region with impunity. But if we act now as one, we will send a clear message to would-be tyrants and terrorists that we will do what it takes to protect our security and our freedom in this new era.
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People who would never think of dealing in racial or sexual stereotypes will still throw in a fat joke because it's still OK. Really?
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What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.
