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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: british
Birth: September 22, 1694 - March 24, 1773

Topics

Self-Love Veil Own Us Faults Thick

If we want to make Tiger Woods's or Al Gore's face, the best thing would be to have them come to our light stage so we can scan their faces for our database. But in a couple of hours, all we can do is find a face which looks similar and then correct it.

Light Best Woods Face Tiger Find

If you start comparing my practice of law to what I could have been - selling bananas - you'll know why I gave money to the University of Texas.

Money Practice Law Start Texas You

I think I usually play the woman that, after the person tries to go for some extraordinary feat of romantic accomplishment, they happily wind up with me.

Romantic Woman Me Wind Think Play

I take bits and pieces from everything. But I think the Method can be very isolating, and sometimes it's more about ego than playing the character truthfully.

Character Ego Think Sometimes More

Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd taken a vow of poverty so that what he earned could be used to help others.

Live Music Help Others Rich Help

If me and my friends are feeling decadent, we go for afternoon tea.

Tea Me Friends Feeling Go Afternoon

I remember I made $22 a week doing dinner theater in Norfolk, Virginia. Back then, in the '70s, that was pretty good for a teenager, for a part-time job.

Good Job Dinner Doing Remember Week

Inspiration comes from everything from the entire world, and it's hard to pinpoint one thing. I can trace one inspiration to the writing of 13th-century Zen master Dogen Zenji, who writes beautifully about time.

Time Writing World I Can Hard Zen

Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom.

Freedom Easy You Lose Realize Lived

I would go to games like I go to dinner. If I come and wear something crazy, I'm just trying to be myself.

Myself Crazy Dinner Trying Go Games

I don't really have Down's syndrome; I just have a slight case of it.

Down Just Case Really Syndrome

I hate hearing me talk when I'm not in character, and I can barely deal with hearing me as a character.

Christopher McCulloch

Character Hate Me I Can Talk Deal

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