John Drinkwater Quotes
To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people.
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I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.
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I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself the label 'bisexual', but bi-curious? Yea.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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Anybody that believes that a country can be maintained that has no ethnic core to it or no linguistic core to it, I believe, is naive in the extreme.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you?
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A lot of people will look at you and will fail to see your beauty because you're covered up and they're not used to it. So growing up, I just had to work on my people skills and give people a chance to really know me besides the clothing.
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Once again our cricketers have flattered to deceive in Australia.
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I find that, for me, personally - and this is in everyday life - if I'm not growing, if I can't be stimulated in a conversation, then I am bored. And I'm not good when I'm bored.
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On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that.
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I think the secret is really observation. Well, if you observe what's going on and try to figure out how people are thinking, I think you can always write something that people will understand.
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The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders.
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I grew up with my mom; it was just the two of us.
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Keep all your personalities out of your work. Forget and forgive.
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Even the devil gives some justice to his victims, when they're beyond all help.
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Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they are outstanding and reveal themselves in exceptional achievements, their possessor is called a 'genius'.
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Negativity, in general, is one of the things that holds people back, and you have to see what's holding you back to get away from it.
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How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.
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I'm funny when I want to be. And I'm even funny when I don't want to be.
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To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.
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To take an analogy: if we say that a democratic government is the best kind of government, we mean that it most completely fulfills the highest function of a government - the realisation of the will of the people.
