James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 1784 – 28 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist, poet and writer.
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““No love,” quothe he, “but vanity, sets love a task like
that.””
—Leigh Hunt (1784–1859)
“The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as a sculptor works on his block of stone. In a sense the statue stood there from eternity. But there were a thousand different ones beside it, and the sculptor alone is to thank for having extricated this one from the rest.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“Every single night I’m nervous.”
—Vivien Leigh (1913–1967)
“I guess a career in the police didn’t really prepare you for this, did it?”
—Bob Hunt (b. 1951)