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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I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.
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We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.
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To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
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People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all.
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I don't think of myself as a dissident, and I'm more of an immigrant than an exile.
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Countries can be redeemed. Entire cultures can be brought to "salvation". The land itself can be healed. ... And such miraculous change is brought about by one primary avenue: God working through the market place. ... The primary means to true revival, though, takes place first in the market place.
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Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
