Matthew Prior Quotes
Venus, take my votive glass;Since I am not what I was,What from this day I shall be,Venus, let me never see.
Quotes to Explore
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We have the world to live in on the condition that we will take good care of it. And to take good care of it, we have to know it. And to know it and to be willing to take care of it, we have to love it.
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Most people who are looking to get a handgun are going to get a carry permit. But most people don't carry around rifles with them; they keep them at home or at the range.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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I find myself really feeling like it's possible that maybe the greater contribution I'm going to be able to make through this next phase of my life might be as a writer writing wonderful parts for women, or even writing wonderful parts for myself, you know?
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I've always noted with some awe the reading habits of the Australian public. Australians read more newspapers and magazines per head of population than almost any other country in the world.
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Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure. I am sure, however, that en famille they play Mozart.
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I feel like if we can use the combination of basically data-driven hunches and bet on really first-class talent to deliver the shows, that I think we could do as well as the networks do, who basically have a 75 to 80 percent failure rate for new shows anyway - even after all that development and pilot work.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30's. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled.
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What humanity needs today is not merely philosophy or theology, but a message or reassurance.
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You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
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In late 2003, the Bush administration reversed a long-standing policy requiring agents to destroy their files on innocent American citizens, companies and residents when investigations closed.
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Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.
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You have a choice whether you want to be happy or not. I choose to be happy.
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I was not always a man of woe.
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Praxagora: Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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The silent annexation is ongoing. The Democratic Progressive Party’s loss of power might be tolerable, but the loss of sovereignty in our time would be an irreversible mistake that would jeopardize future generations.
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A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.
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Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did.
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I do not know it all and do not claim to.
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Family fun is as necessary to modern living as a kitchen refrigerator.
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We are constantly creating ourselves by what we move toward or away from.
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The greatest offence against virtue is to speak ill of it.
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Venus, take my votive glass;Since I am not what I was,What from this day I shall be,Venus, let me never see.
