John Cleveland Quotes
He that to ancient wreaths can bring no moreFrom his own worth, dies bankrupt on the score.
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The most precious things in speech are pauses.
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War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
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I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
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I've never been one for crushing on famous people.
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
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I just want to make everyone happy.
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Supreme Court arguments and decisions are fascinating to a few of us and really pretty boring to most.
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When the fearsome foursome of rock music, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis, decided to show up in Toronto for a rock and roll festival, I knew we had to go there to try to get them all on film.
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What sometimes goes on in all sorts of Christian institutions is not formation of people in the character of Christ; it's teaching of outward conformity. You don't get in trouble for not having the character of Christ, but you do if you don't obey the laws.
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I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of dancing for other dancers.
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I grew up in a household without a TV. We lived next door to a library for a while, and at one point, I checked out all the books in the fairy tale section. I remember the librarian's quiet smile as I'd bring back one stack and exchange it for another.
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Quite frankly, I think if a man or a woman likes their American job, wherever they were born, they should be able to keep that job. We need a clear path to citizenship for workers who are already here and a fair and efficient on-ramp for those who want to come here.
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Call it not paranoia, but caution.
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My work is atheistic, materialistic and communistic. It's atheistic because it's without transcendent form, without spiritual or intellectual quality. Materialistic because it's made out of it's own materials without pretension to other materials. And communistic because the form is equally accessible to all men.
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They bring my music to life.
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To define the era we live in is very difficult. How do we define it? We define it by music.
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I am a grateful... grapefruit.
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I've always been on the side of science that tries to help man. I play an active part with the foundations I'm involved in. Science gives hope. If it were offered to me? Never say never. But I wouldn't kill or steal to have my sight. My blindness doesn't define my life.
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My 'Slide Some Oil' ain't gon' be Nipsey Russell's 'Slide Some Oil.' Elijah Kelley's 'You Can't Win' ain't gon' be Michael Jackson's 'You Can't Win.'
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I don't think anything's ever simple. Everyone's just trying to understand each other, and whether that's because you're in a relationship or because you're meeting their friends or because their meeting your brother or whatever it is, nothing like that is ever smooth running.
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When you're a kid and your father is an engineer, he goes to the office. I saw my father get up and go to the office in the house and write. But I don't see any similarities.
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I loved being on stage. I was in elementary school when I started, so I couldn't say that it was about the building of characters.
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Now shall my inward joys arise, And burst into a song; Almighty love inspires my heart, And pleasure tunes my tongue.
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He that to ancient wreaths can bring no moreFrom his own worth, dies bankrupt on the score.
