Don Marquis Quotes
The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
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It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do.
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Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to show another world and other people. You may access it through bits of yourself, and your imagination and experience, but actually, in the end, you're not playing yourself.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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With the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy, at least half the readers were older adults rather than younger adults. I wrote them for myself with no particular audience in mind.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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When I was younger, I just put off the writing until later in the day, but now I write early every morning to get it done. I can only write for a few hours at a time; after that, my attention fades.
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I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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I ran the Iditarod twice. I finished once. I came in 42nd or 43rd place out of 70 plus teams the first time, and I scratched 80 miles from Nome the second time. You can read about my experience in the race in my books 'Woodsong' and 'Winterdance.'
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In fitness, there are no short cuts. It involves immense discipline and hard work.
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My music, certainly, has never embarrassed me.
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Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.
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If you have a passion and love for something, it's hard to give it up. I had jobs where the people were helpful and let me go to auditions, and I'd make up the hours another day. I was lucky in that respect: I could afford to get to London.
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Is there something in my genetic makeup that makes me more at risk for heart disease? I believe there is. My father was the sign.
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I'm considered the 'old daddy of adventure.'
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The terms good and bad indicate no positive quality in things regarded in themselves, but are merely modes of thinking or notions, which we form from the comparison of things one with another. Thus one and the same thing can be at the same time good, bad, and indifferent. For instance, music is good for him that is melancholy, bad for him that mourns; for him that is deaf; it is neither good nor bad.
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In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.
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The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.
