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I’ve always envied people who compose music or paint, because they don’t have to be bothered with the sort of crude mess that language normally is, in everyday life and in the way we use it Picture Quote #1

I’ve always slightly envied other actors I know who have different reputations. I think, ‘God, you don’t get people coming up to you, going, ‘Hey!’ - because they’re scared of you.’ Picture Quote #1

I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction. I’ve done so many albums where I’ve been in the studio for 14 hours a day for six months just trying to come up with things on my own. It’s a nice change helping other people with their music and not being all about what I’m trying to do myself Picture Quote #1

The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious. [...because they focus on what they don’t have rather than being grateful for what they have, which is always better than some others.] Picture Quote #1

A corpse boasted of being pain and trouble free. No one envied his lot Picture Quote #1

What a brave privilege is it to be free from all contentions, from all envying or being envied, from receiving or paying all kinds of ceremonies! Picture Quote #1

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Talent is often to be envied, and genius very commonly to be pitied. It stands twice the chance of the other of dying in a hospital, in jail, in debt, in bad repute Picture Quote #1

The average American worker enjoys amenities for which Croesus, Crassus, the Medici, and Louis XIV would have envied him Picture Quote #1

I have always envied people who believe strongly in religion, people who could face a tragedy by praying and know that it would be all right Picture Quote #1

It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.] Picture Quote #1

I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction Picture Quote #1

I had friends who ran off to become ski instructors or worked in cool bars, and I often envied them, but I know I’d quickly become bored with that kind of life. I always need to push myself Picture Quote #1

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Nothing is so envied as genius, nothing so hopeless of attainment by labor alone. Though labor always accompanies the greatest genius, without the intellectual gift labor alone will do little Picture Quote #1

Turkey is widely envied while there are very serious troubles in the world economy Picture Quote #1

If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied! Picture Quote #1

I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world’s wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical, so distressed, so angry, so ticked of about so many things Picture Quote #1

Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything Picture Quote #1

Contend not, sir; for we are gentlemen have neither in our hearts nor outward eyes envied the great nor shall the low despise Picture Quote #1

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If it is a pleasure to be envied and shot at, to be maligned standing and to be despised falling, then it is a pleasure to be great Picture Quote #1

For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, or busy housewife ply her evening care: no children run to lisp their sire’s return, or climb his knees the envied kiss to share Picture Quote #1

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed Picture Quote #1

I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made Picture Quote #1

In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied Picture Quote #1

After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have envied Picture Quote #1

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My neighbor doesn’t want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied Picture Quote #1

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted Picture Quote #1

I’ve always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed Picture Quote #1

When I was a girl I would look out my bedroom window at the caterpillars; I envied them so much. No matter what they were before, no matter what happened to them, they could just hide away and turn into these beautiful creatures that could fly away completely untouched Picture Quote #1

Children are often envied for their supposed imaginations, but the truth is that adults imagine things far more than children do. Most adults wander the world deliberately blind, living only inside their heads, in their fantasies, in their memories and worries, oblivious to the present, only aware of the past or future Picture Quote #1

I envied these women I saw before me, their beauty still intact. Life has its revenge of life. Untimely death is the secret of eternal youth Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always envied people who compose music or paint, because they don’t have to be bothered with the sort of crude mess that language normally is, in everyday life and in the way we use it. (Envied Quotes) I’ve always slightly envied other actors I know who have different reputations. I think, ‘God, you don’t get people coming up to you, going, ‘Hey!’ - because they’re scared of you.’ (Envied Quotes) I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction. I’ve done so many albums where I’ve been in the studio for 14 hours a day for six months just trying to come up with things on my own. It’s a nice change helping other people with their music and not being all about what I’m trying to do myself. (Envied Quotes) The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious. [...because they focus on what they don’t have rather than being grateful for what they have, which is always better than some others.] (Envied Quotes) A corpse boasted of being pain and trouble free. No one envied his lot. (Envied Quotes) What a brave privilege is it to be free from all contentions, from all envying or being envied, from receiving or paying all kinds of ceremonies! (Envied Quotes) Talent is often to be envied, and genius very commonly to be pitied. It stands twice the chance of the other of dying in a hospital, in jail, in debt, in bad repute (Envied Quotes) The average American worker enjoys amenities for which Croesus, Crassus, the Medici, and Louis XIV would have envied him. (Envied Quotes) I have always envied people who believe strongly in religion, people who could face a tragedy by praying and know that it would be all right. (Envied Quotes) It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.] (Envied Quotes) I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction (Envied Quotes) I had friends who ran off to become ski instructors or worked in cool bars, and I often envied them, but I know I’d quickly become bored with that kind of life. I always need to push myself (Envied Quotes) Nothing is so envied as genius, nothing so hopeless of attainment by labor alone. Though labor always accompanies the greatest genius, without the intellectual gift labor alone will do little (Envied Quotes) Turkey is widely envied while there are very serious troubles in the world economy (Envied Quotes) If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied! (Envied Quotes) I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world’s wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical, so distressed, so angry, so ticked of about so many things (Envied Quotes) Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything (Envied Quotes) Contend not, sir; for we are gentlemen have neither in our hearts nor outward eyes envied the great nor shall the low despise (Envied Quotes) If it is a pleasure to be envied and shot at, to be maligned standing and to be despised falling, then it is a pleasure to be great (Envied Quotes) For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, or busy housewife ply her evening care: no children run to lisp their sire’s return, or climb his knees the envied kiss to share (Envied Quotes) Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed (Envied Quotes) I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made (Envied Quotes) In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied (Envied Quotes) After months of want and hunger, we suddenly found ourselves able to have meals fit for the gods, and with appetites the gods might have envied (Envied Quotes) My neighbor doesn’t want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied (Envied Quotes) Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted (Envied Quotes) I’ve always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed (Envied Quotes) When I was a girl I would look out my bedroom window at the caterpillars; I envied them so much. No matter what they were before, no matter what happened to them, they could just hide away and turn into these beautiful creatures that could fly away completely untouched (Envied Quotes) Children are often envied for their supposed imaginations, but the truth is that adults imagine things far more than children do. Most adults wander the world deliberately blind, living only inside their heads, in their fantasies, in their memories and worries, oblivious to the present, only aware of the past or future (Envied Quotes) I envied these women I saw before me, their beauty still intact. Life has its revenge of life. Untimely death is the secret of eternal youth (Envied Quotes)

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