John Donne Quotes

All whom war, dearth, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance, hath slain.

John Donne

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From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.

Salvatore Quasimodo
- Night
- Day
- Dark
A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.

Samuel Butler
- People
- Children
- School
When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!

Rachel Tucker
- Life
- Believe
- Important
I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.

Dambisa Moyo
- Important
- Why
- Better
You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'

Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
- People
- Know
- Always
She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.

Jack Kevorkian
- She
- Lost
- Decision