William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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I've lost fights before where I'm landing more punches and I'm moving away from the guy. So, the way that they score things at the end doesn't seem very consistent to me.
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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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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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When I first wrote 'Papa Hemingway,' there were too many people still alive, and the lawyers for Random House didn't want to OK it. But now all that's been filtered away by the passage of all these people. And having the fortune of surviving, I now feel that I am the custodian of what Ernest wanted the world to know about him and these women.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me – ever.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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No state can match the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay, our beaches and farms, or the mountains of Western Maryland, the Port of Baltimore, or the historic charm of every corner of our state.
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When I read the script and saw the jazz music setting, and when I read the name of the filmmaker was Damien Chazelle, I immediately got this mental image of Antoine Fuqua.
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Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.
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I have a fat head – I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. I can work out a good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it
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My life is a monument to procrastination, to the art of putting things off until later, or much later, or possibly never.
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Life is the soul's nursery.
