John Drinkwater Quotes
The poet's perfect expression is the token of a perfect experience; what he says in the best possible way he has felt in the best possible way, that is, completely.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did.
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It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.
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I've always been busy, but I wasn't always successful.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.
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Let's not give the electoral process so much importance. We have to be cynical about it. Let's give importance to the real democracy that's constructed on a day-to-day basis. That's my hopeful perspective on it.
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There's no such thing as 'too much TV,' unless we're all spending more and not watching more.
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Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.
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It's a little difficult when something goes from being an utter obsession - a thing where your skill defines you as a person - to it just being a thing you occasionally do.
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I'm not saying I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.
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My father built a small manufacturing business. I worked alongside him and saw firsthand the challenges that business owners face.
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There was a time in the mid-'50s when the Philippines was in the same league as Japan economically and academics-wise.
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It's not like I've got 100 ideas. I finish a book, and I've got none.
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The JCPOA is working - preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. It's time for the Republicans to start working, too.
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Success in business today requires real-time, mobile access to business opportunities.
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Those who closely watched the campaign should not be surprised by Obama's hostility toward Israel, given his relations with pro-Palestinian, virulent critics of Israel and his voluntary membership in Reverend Wright's decidedly anti-Semitic church. Furthermore, his campaign website featured anti-Semitic posts.
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Powerful people are always in charge. You have to acknowledge that and deal with it as a reality. They're not devils. They're not monsters. They're human beings, like us, that have their share of insecurities and fears. You have to contemplate that as you go through life.
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The only good life is one in which there is no need for miracles.
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He never gives up. He just fights until his body can't fight anymore. As an older player, you don't ever want a young player to beat you out.
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Mind is the first and most direct thing in our experience; all else is remote inference.
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I live a very ordinary life. The rare awards ceremonies I go to are quite fun, because I can enjoy the irony of one minute walking to the tube, and the next being driven along the same stretch of road in a limo.
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The poet's perfect expression is the token of a perfect experience; what he says in the best possible way he has felt in the best possible way, that is, completely.
