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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I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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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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People don't want to talk about death, just like they don't want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.
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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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I regret all of my books.
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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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The more feedback you give to people, the better it is, as long as the feedback is objective and not critical.
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Black power got to moving so fast that we miscalculated the fallout. I certainly have to take some of the responsibility of that; but there was no way we anticipated the response.
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Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.
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When I started out playing chess as a kid I thought I should be world champion. As a kid you have no idea what that means and you only sort of picture it. It is hard to imagine that I waited all those years and it happened in a late stage of my career.
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Simplicate and add more lightness.
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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.
