William Hazlitt Quotes

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

William Hazlitt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 10, 1778 - September 18, 1830

Topics

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Photography was a blessing because it filled my time.

Jessica Lange

TimeBlessingPhotographyBecause

I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal.

Andrea Bocelli

LoveReadingThinkWayInformedWho

I love art in general - architecture, anything creative.

Matthew Ramsey

LoveArtArchitectureCreative

Robin hasn't got a big nose - but I can soon arrange that.

Maurice Gibb

I CanNoseBigGotSoonRobin

Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let's get to work on them.

Angela Duckworth

WorkIntelligenceMatterThingsGet

Evolution isn't true, because if we evolved from monkeys, how can they still be here?

Stephen Baldwin

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I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on stage, all of that goes out of the window.

Rita Ora

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I think for anybody, any family, and I know there are families out there that are going through this even now, that it is the hardest thing in the world. Nobody is ever prepared for it.

Robin Gibb

FamilyWorldThinkNobodyKnowNow

People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen as I play; I'm not caught up in defining the type of music I play.

Roy Ayers

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It's a great honor to be selected as one of 'Foreign Policy''s Leading Global Thinkers for 2013.

Dmitri Alperovitch

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My dad was a cop, you know, and I grew up three houses down from people who used Confederate flags as curtains.

Dee Rees

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I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.

Conrad Hall

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