William Shakespeare Quotes

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

William Shakespeare

• Desire
• Sin
• Covetousness

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• I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.

  

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• Frank's audience doesn't care if a girl singer, a comic or an organ grinder with a monkey opens the show. They are there to see HIM.

  

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• Getting four people awake, fed, dressed, and out the door on time is a challenge. Add to that making a school lunch, and you can tilt over the edge. Unless you are well prepared and have a simple method to follow.

  

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• I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.

  

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• Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.

  

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• I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.

  

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• As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.

  

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• If you want to be happy, make others happy!

  

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• At 3 years old, I was imitating and doing fun little commercials for the family. Then at 5, I knew, 'OK, this is something I really like.' At 8, I was crying in front of the mirror and my mom was like, 'Oh boy, here we go. We know what she's going to do.'

  

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• I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.

  

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• My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance!

  

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• I guess when there is room to improve, and where there is the desire to improve, improvement comes.

  

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• My desire for fame is infinite.

  

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• Japan's diplomatic efforts could have had a broader international perspective. Relations with the U.S. are, of course, the cornerstone of Japan's diplomacy, but the U.S. acts on its global strategy. For instance, Washington suddenly got closer to China in the early 1970s as part of its strategy against the Soviet Union.

  

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• Israel, in general, should learn from other nations. We have a tendency to teach the world. In many cases, we should learn from the world, because they make advances.

  

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• Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Desire
  • Sin
  • Covetousness