John Donne Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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After my primary school education, I started gathering little children by visiting parents to ask if they wanted somebody to care for their kids by teaching them the Bible. I have never attended any seminary school or Bible college in my life.
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My mom grew up in a strict Catholic family and moved to New York and became part of the Warhol factory.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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And for the first time in a long time, I'm playing along somebody that has that same energy and fire and plays pretty much the same way I do. So, that was just nice to say.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
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It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.
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I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.
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Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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Good Lord, I went in for a check up the other day and the doctor said 'You need to lay off eggs.' I go 'Is my cholesterol bad?' He said 'No, your farts are killing everybody in this room.'
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Unmanned airplanes - and more broadly, autonomy in space, in the air, undersea - is a big future area for Boeing and an area where we are continuing to build out collaborations. So we are always looking for partners in that arena.
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Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it.
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But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space.
