Quote by Thomas Hardy
Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. – Thomas Hardy

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The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. – Thomas Hardy

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Hope
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Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity. – Thomas Hardy

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Obscurity
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I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said that probably 88% chance of mission success and maybe 96% chance of survival. And we were willing to take those odds. – Alan Shepard

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Success

Without Arthurs voice, I never would have enjoyed that success. – Paul Simon

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Success

Lesson from Patakis success is: Use the political moment. – Andrew Cuomo

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Success

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. – George S. Patton

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To everyone is given the key to heaven; the same key opens the gates of hell. – Ancient Proverb

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Attitude

Philosophy is properly home-sickness the wish to be everywhere at home. – Novalis

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Home

For So Cold the River, Im actually working on adapting the book with Scott Silver, who was just nominated for an Oscar for The Fighter, and who also wrote 8 Mile, which I think is a terrific screenplay. The chance to work with Scott is a tremendous pleasure and Im learning a lot. – Michael Koryta

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Learning

In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoon how it might be made different? A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as much as a plant or a crystal. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Sculpture