William Hurlbut Quotes
Sometimes I have wondered whether life wouldn't be much more amusing if we were all devils, and no nonsense about angels and being good.
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September 11 awoke us to the threat of terrorism. It was forever bookmarked in our history as the day when life as Americans knew it, changed forever.
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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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What is history but a fable agreed upon?
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I think a woman looks best in a sari.
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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
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Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.
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The Israeli public's willingness to enlist, the warm embrace for the soldiers and the residents of the south, and the desire to contribute and to give at any given moment really warm the heart, and it gives all of us strength.
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Why not celebrate those who want to marry and bring up a family?
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I got a cold feeling toward religion in general. I don't think God would want to separate families.
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A woman - even if she is the primary breadwinner - really needs to keep in mind that at some point, she may have a diminished earning capacity because of the fact that she will bear children. Of course, this is case by case. I had two kids, and it didn't really slow me down at all.
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Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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I have no big career plan. It is better for me that way.
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I feel like, big city or small town, you can relate to following your parents' footsteps or putting your own dreams on the back burner or vices that we get caught up in - that whole cycle. That's not just a small-town thing. That's a life thing.
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I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.
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The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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Don't let yourself make excuses for not doing the things you want to do.
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Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.
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Cable series have more time to focus on characters, and a structure that allows for a development in character as you go along. Network shows have a pressure of time and space that is completely different.
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Wisdom is at all times the least burdensome traveling pack.
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My first fear was about the devil, when I was around fire, something I saw in a movie. I think it's about pain, in whichever form it comes. I had a lot of energy as a child - sometimes too much - and I didn't know how to channel it. It was making me suffer. It was bigger than myself, and I was very young.
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Sometimes I have wondered whether life wouldn't be much more amusing if we were all devils, and no nonsense about angels and being good.
