William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I'm willing and I'm eager, and not just about my writing - I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.
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Until the year 1967, it was a crime, for which you could be put in prison, to make homosexual love to someone in your own house. If they came in and caught you at it, you could be put into prison. This has changed - I'm talking about England, incidentally.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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I tore my right shoulder to pieces - three external tears, a labrum tear, and a detachment of the bicep tendon.
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To the medieval mind a liberty was a right to the enjoyment of a specific property It was a freedom to do something with one's own without interference by the king or any other man.
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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How can a guy talk about $20 or $30 million if he's never even made $8 or $9 million?
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There is no occasion for our rejoicing at a foe's death, because our own life will also not last forever.
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Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.
