I don't envy young actors.
Edd Byrnes
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An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'
Jim Broadbent
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Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.
John Gay
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Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts.
Jean Vanier
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Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.
Simone Weil
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For years I looked at the Iranians with envy - not at the outcome of their 1979 revolution, but because it was a popular uprising, not a euphemism for a coup.
Mona Eltahawy
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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
Lord Byron
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In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.
Joseph Epstein
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Only fools live in the past or carry envy to the present.
Chi Chi Rodriguez
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Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride.
Arthur C. Brooks
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There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.
William Shenstone
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I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.
Susan Sontag
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Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.
Thornton Wilder
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I envy my daughter's childhood.
Rene Russo
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I don't envy the job of people who have to watch five movies a day - that's insane.
James Gray
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Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.
Henry Fielding
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I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!
Eric Burdon
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I envy people who write easily. I enjoy the process, but it's not easeful for me.
Charles Krauthammer
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Bryan Adams might not be what I want to put on, but he's a pop singer with a great voice and great guitar tone. Plus, he's done more for Canada than Rush have, because he works all the time. I envy him for that.
Alex Lifeson
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The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.
Margaret Thatcher
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Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock.
Francis Beaumont
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Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.
Dante Alighieri
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
Viggo Mortensen
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The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.
Rabindranath Tagore
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