William Cobbett Quotes

The great security of all is to eat little and to drink nothing that intoxicates. He that eats till he is full is little better than a beast, and he that drinks till he is drunk is quite a beast.

William Cobbett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 9, 1763 - June 18, 1835

Topics

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Because you can't do anything halfway, you've got to go all the way in anything you do.

Jerry Bruckheimer

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I like going to a new environment with open eyes.

Andrew Haigh

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Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback.

John Updike

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My family couldn't be more supportive. They're worried and they're always in my business, and my mother does send me grad-school applications every now and again.

Ana Ortiz

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I'm incredibly sad that my mother's not here to see my kids and that my kids don't get to know her. And she didn't meet my husband. That's one of the hardest things. I don't even know how to put that into words.

Stella McCartney

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Entertainment can be a more powerful driver than poverty.

Sugata Mitra

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I'm very unhappy about my entire life if my writing is going wrong.

Tom Stoppard

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I have a very simple philosophy when it comes to casting, and it really is casting the best person for the role.

Rob Marshall

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For filmmakers who've made multiple movies, they have experience, but they only have experience of themselves as a filmmaker. Whereas I'm bouncing around from different skill sets: the organizational ability of Ridley Scott to the precision of a Ron Howard to the artistic sensibilities of a Peter Weir... to the scope of a Tom Hooper.

Russell Crowe

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I want to see how far I can train. I have to see how far my body will go.

Michelle Kwan

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I think it eminently proper that a president should retire from active politics, and equally proper that he should be able to live in quiet independence.

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

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I couldn't care less if someone is gay or straight.

Judith Light

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