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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I wouldn't say I'm vain - I'm just in a job where the way you look is important. Well, at least the facelift wasn't vanity, but the hair was.
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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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Dialogue is character and character is plot.
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I quite like antiques. I like things that are old and the history they bring with them. I would rather fly to Morocco on an $800 ticket and buy a chair for $300 than spend $1,100 on one at Pottery Barn.
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I think the harder you work, the more luck you have.
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The frontier is the edge between what you know and what you don't know. You want to put yourself on that edge.
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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.
