Charles Fenno Hoffman Quotes
Kindness is the evidence of greatness. If anyone is glad that you are here, then you have not lived in vain.
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Effective satire has to be almost identical to the subject that it is skewering.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
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I have always been a strong champion for New Hampshire's environment.
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I think Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space. I think we'll lose some of the top-tier PC/OEMs, who will exit the market. I think margins will be destroyed for a bunch of people.
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Modes are infinite, and laws are infinite.
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I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.
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I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?
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When you lose your freedom, you are alone with your emotions and reactions... you can see, for example, the bad reactions you have in front of others or the way you could be dismissive or harsh.
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I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.
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Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die.
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I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody - family entertainment that's really for the family, where everyone has a good time.
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I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.
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The rational man finds that his share of the cost of the wastes he discharges into the commons is less than the cost of purifying his wastes before releasing them.
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Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
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When you write a script, you always think about what your heart is asking.
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The feigning sleeper can delude others - he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself.
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The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.
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No matter how much we enjoy following the lives of the rich and famous, we know the world is affected more deeply by quiet, even invisible acts of integrity, kindness, and generosity, than by fame and fortune.
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It is far pleasanter to injure and afterwards beg forgiveness than to be injured and grant forgiveness. He who does the former gives evidence of power and afterwards of kindness of character.
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Practice random acts of kindness, the world needs it more than you think.
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True greatness does not consist so much in doing extraordinary things, as in conducting ordinary affairs with a noble demeanor and from a right motive. It is necessary and most profitable to remember the advice to Titus, "Showing all good fidelity in all things."
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Kindness is the evidence of greatness. If anyone is glad that you are here, then you have not lived in vain.
