Isaac D'Israeli Quotes
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Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
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I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.
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I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
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Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do I tend to gravitate to them as a reader.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I want to avoid injuries by running only road.
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Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.
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I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.
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I've been playing both sides of the law my entire career. It's not really surprising for me to be doing opposing sides simultaneously. I would argue that even though my character on 'Hawaii Five-0' originated on the wrong side of the law, I'd say he's worked his way over to the good side.
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I love children. I just don't know if I'm ready to have kids. I feel like I have more time. Kids are cute, you know? They need a lot of help - that's the thing.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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Religious ideas about good and evil tend to focus on how to achieve well-being in the next life, and this makes them terrible guides to securing it in this one. Of course, there are a few gems to be found in every religious tradition, but insofar as these precepts are wise and useful they are not, in principle, religious.
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I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem.
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For the snark was a boojum, you see.
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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
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Children are perfectly happy to sit next to spiders; it is only grown-ups who are frightened away.
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Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
