William Morris Quotes
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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My dinner spot is usually in front of the TV. I'll grill a steak and whip up a salad and watch 'Hoarders'. I love it because a) I'm kind of voyeuristic, and b) every time I see an episode, I go to the one room where all my unpacked boxes wound up, and I throw out a box of stuff.
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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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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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Violence would be a huge gift to those who want a divided Lebanon.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I think you don't do work for controversy alone, and whenever you do new work which people don't understand and they say it is done to create controversy.
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Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.
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It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.
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While I was serving in the Florida Senate, American soldiers were being killed in Iraq, a war we should have never started, and often by Iranian proxies and their improvised explosive devices.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey.
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If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
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To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.
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By and large, horror fiction is the most difficult to domesticate because part of the point is that it's one step ahead – or behind – everybody else's taste. And I'm not really convinced I'd like it to change. There's something very healthy about horror fiction being always a little bit on the outside. It's the wild-dog genre.
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Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
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Power is the ability not to have to please.
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The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
