Andrew Hozier-Byrne (Hozier) Quotes
I tried to avoid anything that caused me frustration or grief or duress. I played FarmVille and procrastinated like all teenagers.Andrew Hozier-Byrne
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
Zig Ziglar -
When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?
Aaron Sorkin -
You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
Harper Lee -
We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.
R. D. Laing -
We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.
D. H. Lawrence -
Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
Saint Ambrose
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What is your identity, and how do you know who you are if you don't have language?
T. C. Boyle -
The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down of man by the machine - the machine being war itself, represented by someone like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in 'Full Metal Jacket,' the sadistic marine who turns his boys into instruments of death.
Hanna Rosin -
My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
Eartha Kitt -
It's a sin to be tired.
Kate Moss -
I would rather listen to plays in the car than read them.
Garry Wills -
Elections, for their part, are typically popularity contests rather than measures of candidates' relative competency or effectiveness. Imagine if scientific truth were determined according to which scientist was most popular. To be successful, scientists would have to be charismatic and attractive - and human knowledge would suffer terribly.
Nathan Myhrvold
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I'm not looking for a 'yes' woman, but a strong person who knows when to be objective and when not to be.
OMI -
I have a deep compassion for the idea that it's okay to be myself. The idea that anything 'other' is bad and wrong and broken is so wildly off base.
Natasha Lyonne -
I have three young kids and a great family. I love hanging out with them more than anything.
Pat Metheny -
As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.
Naomie Harris -
The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, 'Hey, how'd your dad do this weekend?' 'Well, he finished fifth or sixth'.
Dan Wheldon -
It is an unfortunate fact that in many parts of the world women are considered property. An awful lot of injustice is obviously due to that; not just women's status in the home, but all kinds of laws that are even more discriminating.
Madeleine Albright
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I'm not someone who usually sends out threats. I warn only once. The day they touch one of my men, the rule of law is over.
Augusto Pinochet -
As a brother and sister, our tastes were pretty different growing up. He liked a lot of early hip hop. My dad didn't understand it and would try to talk him out of it.
Taryn Manning Boomkat -
That tuft of jungle feathers, That animal eye, Is just what you say.That savage of fire, That seed, Have it your way.The world is ugly, And the people are sad.
Wallace Stevens -
I always try to be nice. I never want to be that person that anyone perceives as being rude or disrespectful, 'cause that's not me at all.
Khalid -
I tried to avoid anything that caused me frustration or grief or duress. I played FarmVille and procrastinated like all teenagers.
Andrew Hozier-Byrne