John Donne Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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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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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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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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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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The 1920s and 1930s were a period of sensational productivity growth: new products were springing up all over the place, and most of those new products and new methods were developed by people who started their own companies.
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Is Naked Juice a beverage, or is it a snack? I think we can liquefy snacks or snackify liquids.
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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I demand pretty aggressive goal setting and a commitment to measured progress towards those goals because I don't like surprises. I don't even like good surprises.
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The goal of the EU is to form a region of freedom, security and justice. Freedom in this connection cannot be just the freedom of the strong, but it must be combined with fraternity and equality.
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As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to bed with whom.
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Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them - take social security, disaster relief, public works projects, for example.
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Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of her family.
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Lost in Space brings back a lot of memories for people, and I think that any time you're involved in something that has such a long-lasting appeal, you feel very blessed by that.
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If you neglect to exercise self-control, you are not only likely to injure others, but you are sure to injure yourself!
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But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space.
