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Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Quotes

Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.

Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: british
Birth: April 16, 1881 - December 23, 1959

Topics

Men Opinions Never Borrow Who Debts

Nowadays, the term 'selling out' doesn't exist anymore because everyone is trying to make a living.

John Cameron Mitchell

Trying Selling Living Everyone Out

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Life Thankful Eyes Man Be Thankful

I am a total geek. I'm not even a closet comic book geek. I am the comic book geek.

I Am Book Geek Closet Comic Book Am

I was so lucky because what I did in 'Thor' was I built the character from the ground up - the foundations of his spirit, really. He was someone who was born with an expectation that he would one day be a king, born with an entitlement.

Character Day King Someone Born

But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.

Training Attention Mature Hold Above

I don't like overt traditionalism.

Robbie Robertson

Acting-wise, I'm way more comfortable finding out new things about the actor in me and RJ as a person. There's a lot of new nuggets that I can dip in the sauce.

New Things Me Finding I Can Person

I do think that being a sort of celebrity and being well off does give me some responsibility. I think that people who make a lot of money - and I do - should certainly give a considerable amount of it away.

Responsibility Money People Me Think

I have to go to sleep with music.

I'm not someone who can lie on a beach and do nothing. I am not sure what you are supposed to do, so I get bored. I prefer to have a purpose, such as going to Alaska to see orca whales.

Miranda Richardson

Beach Lie Purpose I Am Someone You

Going 33 games unbeaten is no coincidence.

Games Coincidence Going

For something to be useful to the spirit is not very valuable to get your covered wagon across the desert. We have adopted that attitude so thoroughly that any American father whose son tells him he wants to write poetry will be embarrassed.

Miller Williams

Father Attitude Son Poetry Desert

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