John Donne Quotes
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I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
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It's difficult to talk about, you know, my inadequacies, my inability to stay sober when I'm a relatively bright man and I've had a lot of great blessings and a lot of great opportunities.
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I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it.
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I'm trying my best.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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My father was a pioneer in so many ways. He was fearless, and I think that I kind of picked that up from him as well.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?
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We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served the best health care, the best educational opportunities, and the best job training available. They deserve nothing less.
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I worked in a restaurant and in a nightclub cloakroom.
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To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
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I was going to college to be a doctor.
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From day one, I have always been open about my sexual orientation.
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I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.
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One of the best things people could do for their descendents would be to sharply limit the number of them.
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No observational problem will not be solved by more data.
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If one watches whence the notion ‘I’ arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas. When a mantra is repeated, if one watches whence that mantra sound arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas.
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Ennius was the father of Roman poetry, because he first introduced into Latin the Greek manner and in particular the hexameter metre.
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I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus, that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it.
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I saw the sky and sea and sand and the flickering flames of the bonfire through my tears. All at once, it rushed into my head with tremendous speed, and made me feel dizzy. It was beautiful. Everything that happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.
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So, so, break off this last lamenting kiss, Which sucks two souls, and vapors both away.
