"I hate the idea that you ought to read the whole of anybody."
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"I think I know enough of hate to say that for destruction ice is also great and would suffice."
"The best way to hate is the worst. 'Tis to find what the hated need, Never mind of what actual worth, And wipe that out of the earth. Let them die of unsatisfied greed."
"Nothing not built with hands of course is sacred. But here is not a question of what's sacred; Rather of what to face or run away from. I'd hate to be a runaway from nature."
"Silence tells the seeker in us to love, to love himself. It tells us it is wrong to hate ourselves because of our imperfections. When the seeker loves himself, loves the Divine within himself, he eventually realises the Ultimate Truth."
"We must see that God operates not only in us but in others as well. God also operates in our so-called enemies. But these are not our real enemies. Our real enemies are doubt, fear, anxiety and worry. When we do not cry to perfect others, but only try to perfect our own lives, then we will have joy."
"I hate being too serious about anything. If I'm with my friend, I want to be having fun with him or her. And if anybody is reading my story, I want them to be not only reading the story, but I want them to feel they're having fun; that they're enjoying it. So any way you can make it more informal, more fun-filled, more amusing - instead of just a dry story that goes on and on - if there's any way to do that, I like to try and do it."
"Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait"
"What woman could I hate enough to marry her to the Dragon Reborn?"
"I hate to write, but I love to have written."
"Rush Limbaugh, whether you hate him or not, he's a great entertainer; he's a great broadcaster."
"Is it possible that more black people hate the President than are actually alive?"
"I don't care what reviewers think. If somebody hates a performance of mine, I kind of get a kick out of it. It amuses me when critics take something so irrelevant as a movie so seriously."
"A lot of scientists hate writing. Most scientists love being in the lab and doing the work and when the work is done, they are finished."
"Twas something else. I had come to hate her, you see. I had come to wish her dead, and that was what held me back."
"These self-appointed deacons in the Church of Latter-Day American Literature seem to regard generosity (of words) with suspicion, texture with dislike, and any broad literary stroke with outright hate. The result is a strange and arid literary climate where a meaningless little fingernail paring like Nicholson Baker's Vox becomes an object of fascinated debate and dissection, and a truly ambitious American novel like Matthew's Heart of the Country is all but ignored."
"Every man or woman who loves Him, they hate Him too, because He's a hard God, a jealous God."
"People think I appear on television to promote my image. That's not fair. I hate filming. I turned down 'Strictly Come Dancing.' But television is a wonderful opportunity to promote scientific ideas. 'Super Doctors' is a very thoughtful piece."
"We hate to be cheering for high gas prices. The reality is that's what's happening."
"His view of time, and of change, has become that of most elderly people: he hates change, since for him - for his body - any change is for the worse. And if there is to be change, then he wants it to happen quickly, so it does not use up too much of the time remaining to him."