William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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When I got drafted by Minnesota, and I think I said this a couple weeks ago, I think I felt obligated to bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota.
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I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It's the most important achievement.
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.
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In the calculus of western interests, there is no suffering, whatever its scale, which cannot be justified. Chechens, Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis are of little importance.
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me.
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Sentimentality is the only sentiment that rubs you the wrong way.
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I love the Cannes Film Festival. From the lavish parties and events to the red carpet attire, this star-studded week-long event is where I get a lot of inspiration for hair and fashion.
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I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943.
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You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'
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Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.
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I'm a comedian, and my comedy has never endorsed violence towards gays.
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I entered music at a poppy level.
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You can put a murderer in a suit, and hes still a murderer.
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The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war.
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Because there's no structural barrier to joining 4chan, the community is really dynamic; for every five people that leave, five new people join, bringing their perspective and culture. A lot of other communities get set in their ways.
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I've been using the Mac solely for years, and got very comfortable with it.
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Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.
