William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.
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For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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I use more makeup now then I did before. I didn't use to wear really that much, and I didn't know how to do makeup, but now I know how to do it a bit more. I can do eyes and makeup in general more. I do like my own lipstick as well.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.
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In art there are tears that do often lie too deep for thoughts.
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Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Opening sentence.
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Our virtues are voluntary, and in fact we are in a sense ourselves partly the cause of our moral dispositions, and it is our having a certain character that makes us set up an end of a certain kind, it follows that our vices are voluntary also; they are voluntary in the same manner as our virtues.
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?
