John Drinkwater Quotes
Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course.
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Your papers are marked when you go to school, but you can't mark the character.
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I will always think of myself as that girl that is 22 starting and really excited about everything and wanting to be amazing at everything. I always wanted to be the best stylist. That was it.
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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 Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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I don't want to hear about my death.
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I've been in government and politics my entire career, and while I try to keep a level head and a reasonable tone in my commentary, even I can lose my head sometimes and let anger bubble over and burst out. It feels gross, looks ugly, and leaves a lasting mark.
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We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.
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Look, natural gas, just like oil, is going to eventually go away. It's not renewable.
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With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there's no editing, so there's something more natural about the arc a character follows in a play. I think theater is more an actor's medium, whereas film is more a director's medium, because that's who controls the final feel of the film.
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The economy is much bigger than the market. We will not be able to build a good economy - nor a good society - unless we look at the vast expanse beyond the market.
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We are all familiar with the dove carrying an olive branch as a peace offering. The jewelry I've created pays tribute both to the messenger's noble mission and gardens as a refuge of peace and tranquility.
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Thus I pacified Psyche and kissed her,And tempted her out of her gloom.
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Why do we resist giving help to homeless men? In part because we don’t understand how our pressure on men to support families often forces men to take transient jobs that are but a step away from homelessness (the death-of-a-salesman jobs, the migrant worker jobs…) and in part because we respond differently to men who fail than women who fail.
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He left a corsair's name to other times,Linked with one virtue, and a thousand crimes.
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A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers does not deserve to be called a democracy.
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One who walks from fire to fire dies from the cold.
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When I think about some of the policies that we make in this country, the policies are so self-driven.
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If you try to stay young forever, you don't really live.
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I just want to continue with gymnastics because I'm still young and fresh. I think can get some more titles under my belt.
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I need to play and I need to rest. I don't know how I'll do it.
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In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me.
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I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.
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It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny.
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Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course.
