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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

To govern mankind, one must not overrate them.

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

Mankind Must Govern Them

I go back and forth between wanting to be abundantly simple and maddeningly complex.

John Baldessari

Simple Back Go Complex Wanting

If you're taking a risk and you are not scared in some way, you're doing something wrong.

Doing You Wrong Way Risk Scared

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

Appreciate Living Old Novel Thing

I know people look at the Disney Channel as... a specific thing. But all the actors from 'Austin and Ally' - honestly, they're really good.

Good People Look Know Austin Ally

I've been religiously reading the O. Henry Prize anthologies every year since college, when I first began trying to write stories. Many of the authors whose work I cherish the most were people I first learned about through The O. Henry Prize Stories - and then I'd go search for their books.

Work People College Reading Search

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid marveled at the electability of Barack Obama because, unlike previous black candidates, Mr. Obama was 'light-skinned' and lacked a 'Negro dialect.'

Leader Black Because Majority Senate

I stare out the window and reflect on the similarity between writing and saving a life and the inevitable failure of one's imagination and one's goals and ambitions to create a character or a life worth saving.

Life Failure Goals Character Window

In Beverly Hills, it's very spoiled in terms of the quality of life. I think the climate and the space and the quality of life in Beverly Hills is exceptional.

Lisa Vanderpump

Life Quality Space Think Spoiled

I had one scene in 'Invisible' with 12 actors delivering dialog at the same time.

Time Invisible Same Delivering Scene

I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself.

Time Will Sure Motivated Itself

My favorite hobby is matchmaking. It's a lot easier to do it in movies then in real life because in real life, people don't do what I tell them to do.

Life People Hobby Movies Real Tell

Yes, it is long past time we get serious about tackling the nation's ever-growing deficits. But the average American family drawn into serious debt cannot just threaten to stiff its creditors. It must cut its spending in the future, but also take responsibility for the debt incurred in the past.

Family Future Time Responsibility

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