Hamilton Leithauser Quotes
I was staying at my friend's house and he told me about the drug Prednisone. It took me 14 years to discover it. And there are a lot of times that would have helped me out over the years. I can't believe I'd never even heard of it, though.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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There are a whole host of psychological phenomenon humans have developed to protect ourselves from the sting of failure, from holding ourselves less accountable for our failures than we do other people, to letting our fear paralyze us and keep us from even trying.
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Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I can do better.
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With any show, when fans come up to you, they assume you're just like your character.
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I love shopping in New York just because you walk around and find a little store you've never saw before, and you're like, 'Oh what's that? This is my new favorite place.' I love that about New York.
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I don’t work with people. I don’t recruit agents. What I do is I put systems to work for the United States. And I’ve done that at all levels from - from the bottom on the ground all the way to the top.
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Éramos yo y el mar. Y el mar estaba solo y solo yo. Uno de los dos faltaba.
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My talent for playing the drums was a gift from God.
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There's moments when you have to make a split-second decision that will form you for the rest of your life.
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I had only one idea before me throughout the trial, i.e. to show complete indifference towards the trial in spite of serious nature of the charges against us.
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If there's a British film in the marketplace that is successful on a worldwide basis - whether it's 'A Room with a View,' 'Four Weddings' or 'The Full Monty' - money follows, and everyone tries to emulate that success.
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Films have never shown the kind of relationship that can exist between two women.
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One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
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When I started really playing music, I pretty much quit sports. I quit everything.
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I'm never going to be in danger of getting the Nobel Prize for literature.
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If I could walk into the 'Friends' audition again and go or not go, I have to say it's 50-50.
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Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous; there's really nothing to lose.
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The problem of a rising population destroying more than four tons of soil for every human already alive needs to find its way into corporate board rooms if we are to enjoy future financial, economic and political stability.
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Have not fascism in Italy and National Socialism in Germany claimed that they have attained similar results [as in U.S.S.R.]? Have not both been achieved at the price of privation and personal liberty sacrificed for the good of the state?
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All clients' needs and expectations are vastly different.
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The charm of television entertainment is its ability to bridge the chasm between dinner and bedtime without mental distraction.
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Is it mad to pray for better hallucinations?
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The patchwork political landscape of the Arab world - the client monarchies, degenerated nationalist dictatorships, and the imperial petrol stations known as the Gulf states - was the outcome of an intensive experience of Anglo-French colonialism.
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I was staying at my friend's house and he told me about the drug Prednisone. It took me 14 years to discover it. And there are a lot of times that would have helped me out over the years. I can't believe I'd never even heard of it, though.
