Leigh Hunt Quotes
It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands,Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream,And times and things, as in that vision, seemKeeping along it their eternal stands.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing.
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Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.
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Reverence the deacons as you would the command of God.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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Politics is largely a matter of heart.
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I don't even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I've never used a computer.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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For all their expertise at figuring out how things work, technical people are often painfully aware how much of human behavior is a mystery. People do things for unfathomable reasons. They are opaque even to themselves.
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Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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In N.Y.C., I auditioned for mostly 'quirky friend' roles. Since casting directors in L.A. lacked a preconceived notion of me, I was able to reinvent my type a bit, which was essential in booking the role of Amanda on 'Ugly Betty.' I don't believe I would have auditioned for that role in N.Y.
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One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.
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The book does not open from left to right or from right to left, but from top to bottom: one page in the sky, one in the dust.
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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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You have actors you've worked with previously, and you have actors you haven't worked with that you've seen in things where you know they can work in these parts. And then there are actors who blow you away, who surprise you.
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It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands,Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream,And times and things, as in that vision, seemKeeping along it their eternal stands.
