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William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: July 18, 1811 - December 24, 1863

Topics

Romantic I Am Me Think You Look

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

Generosity Me Selfishness Virtue

If I can, in any way, give people the courage to say, 'Actually, no, the nonsense stops right here,' then I want to be a part of doing that. Especially if that means that our folks will be more free.

Courage People Free Doing I Can Say

The most passionately anti-Obama Republican politicians and activists consider themselves the truest and purest of conservatives, and often unleash their scorn and fury on others who also call themselves conservative but differ on strategy and tactics.

Strategy Others Conservative Call

I tend to play a lot of characters that are 10 or 15 years older than me.

Me Play Years Older Than Characters

They read their sports pages, know their statistics and either root like hell or boo our butts off. I love it. Give me vocal fans, pro or con, over the tourist types who show up in Houston or Montreal and just sit there.

Love Sports Me Hell Statistics Know

For many of us, eating has surprisingly little to do with hunger. We eat out of boredom, for entertainment, to comfort or reward ourselves. Try to be aware of why you're eating, and ask yourself if you're really hungry - before you eat and then again along the way.

Yourself Eating Boredom You Reward

Sometimes I might borrow something from a song I started a long time ago and see if I can grab something.

Lucinda Williams

Time Song Long I Can Sometimes See

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Job People Want President Capable

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

William Shakespeare

Loudest Sound Empty Vessel Makes

Many of the traits in my characters are exaggerations of things I see in myself. But in 'How Should a Person Be?' I wasn't trying to write about myself so much as a combination of myself and these women I was seeing in our culture.

Women Myself Culture Trying Seeing

People still question my sobriety, my commitment to the program, and that hurts. I take things day by day, and sometimes I take them minute by minute, but I honor my commitment to stay sober.

Commitment Day People Honor Sober

I've got kids now and they will constantly pull you into the here and now - they are very present and very vivid.

Present You Now Will Here Kids

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