Edith Hamilton Quotes
Happiness is The exercise of vital powers, along lines of excellence, in a life affording them scope.
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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I just want to do my job.
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There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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I was famous from the age of 13, and after a while you become immune to it - in a good way. You look at positives and what you can do with it.
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My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now I'm scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go.
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I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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Cussing ain't for everybody.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genres. I think there's a lot of people who want to have the conversation. I don't think people are afraid of it, I just think it's the time to have that conversation. Race is not a genre.
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I never go on a run when I don't think of my dad, where I don't think about how powerful his legs were and what happened because, unfortunately, he didn't take care of himself.
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I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which is a levelling experience for me, and there hasn't been a day I've missed in 40 years. I apply it to everything - to my work and relationships. I try to be a compassionate person.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people.
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I'm looking to make history.
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I've been involved with blood donation since the 1980s because there is a critical need.
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We watched her come with subtle fire And learned feet, Stumbling among the lustful drunk Yet somehow sweet. We saw the crimson leave her cheeks Flame in her eyes; For when a woman lives in awful haste A woman dies. The jests that lit our hours by night And made them gay, Soiled a sweet and ignorant soul And fouled its play.
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Happiness is The exercise of vital powers, along lines of excellence, in a life affording them scope.
