William Edward Hartpole Lecky Quotes
Routine shortens and variety lengthens time, and it is therefore in the power of men to do something to regulate its pace. A life with many landmarks, a life which is much subdivided when those subdivisions are not of the same kind, and when new and diverse interests, impressions, and labours follow each other in swift and distinct successions, seems the most long.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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I investigated post-traumatic stress disorder. I've been to a unit where people are suffering from it, and I read a lot of literature. I looked at footage of soldiers in the combat zone. I found 'Restrepo' to be unbelievably useful.
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A well balanced, inclusive approach, according to certain standards and ideals, is essential for the proper governance of any country.
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Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.
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It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be.
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'Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?'
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I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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The establishment of the state of Israel is not the result of the Holocaust. It is almost a result of the fact that the Holocaust was not totally successful.
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And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers - shriveled now, and brown and flat and brittle - to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of men.
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There are people that are vegetarians that love bacon.
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But for that Book, we could not know right from wrong.
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Believe it or not, I write on stage. I can't write anywhere else; I have to be in a moment. I also have to challenge myself to make something funny out of a premise. I never have my own jokes written. I have to change things as I go along, and I have to entertain myself.
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To be successful is to be helpful, caring and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better.
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Equal access to reading is fundamental to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
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I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.
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Routine shortens and variety lengthens time, and it is therefore in the power of men to do something to regulate its pace. A life with many landmarks, a life which is much subdivided when those subdivisions are not of the same kind, and when new and diverse interests, impressions, and labours follow each other in swift and distinct successions, seems the most long.
