John Drinkwater Quotes
For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts.
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There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
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The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.
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When I first started cooking, I was very much an intuitive cook when it came to taste, but that didn't mean I didn't want to know why some things worked and why others did not. My interest took me to culinary school.
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The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy.
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Opposition to abortion was one of the ways the Christian right was brought into the Republican Party by conservatives hoping to move the party further right. Now, of course, the tail is wagging the dog.
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We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.
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I must say that it's easy to write nice things about Chicago because it's that kind of town.
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Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
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History will treat me right.
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I'm filming the next two installments of the 'Fifty Shades' movies back-to-back.
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Look, natural gas, just like oil, is going to eventually go away. It's not renewable.
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Read books. They are good for us.
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The issue Israeli-Palestinian conflict, already lasting more than half a century, has brought deep suffering to the Palestinian people and remains an important reason of extended turbulence in the Middle East region.
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I'm afraid you gave up the right to pontificate on social mobility when you abolished educational maintenance allowance EMA, trebled tuition fees and betrayed a generation of young people.
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He had no living relatives anywhere capable of leaving him a fortune in a will. He owed no money. He had never stolen anything, never cheated anybody. Never fathered any children. He was on as few pieces of paper as it was possible for a human being to get. He was just about invisible.
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The Spirit is like new wine, see the disciples all, Like men inebriate, swept away and enthralled By both its heat and strength; thus it remains true still That the disciples had of sweetest wine their fill
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Waitin' on the pizzle, the dizzle and the shizzle G's to the bizzack, now ladies here we gizzo.
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I was a bit scared because I came from the acting world. There was a fear that people would think of me kind of as a joke. But really, people think of me as a country artist who can act. That's my favorite compliment.
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I think it's healthy that people that work in a creative field look for inspiration in a different creative field.
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To not dare is to have already lost. We should seek out ambitious, even unrealistic projects, because things only happen when we dream.
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I loved to talk about music to Nicky ... His influence came from people like The Beatles and The Beach Boys, and he had these ideas about layering vocals, painting landscapes with music. Roma knew about Irish mythology, told stories, wrote poetry and had this special feeling for lyrics. My grounding came from the classics.
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I believe that poetry should communicate.
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For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts.
