"Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent."

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Source : William Cobbett (1829). “Advice to Young Men, and, incidentally, to Young Women, in the middle and higher ranks of life. In a series of letters, etc”, p.36

William Cobbett

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“Manâ€™s will is free to follow his inclinations, but fallen manâ€™s inclinations are always and invariably away from God.”
“I hate that whole Tarantino thing about beating up women and killing them and chopping up. Just because you have the mind of a 12 year old.”
“I can single handedly dispel any ideas that sexuality is acquired. Trust me, you're born with it. My brother is gay, and we knew when he was two.”
“Some people pay a thousand dollars for a tattoo. This scar cost me twenty grand.”
“But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.”
“When you're an actor, actually, you shouldn't come up with too many ideas.”

Source : Press Conference, 1998 Cannes Film Festival, www.filmscouts.com. 1998.
“To slide into the domed reading room at ten each morning, specially in summer, off the hot street outside, was a sensation as delicious as dropping into the water off the concrete edge of the Fitzroy Baths.”

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