John Dryden Quotes
The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.
John Dryden
Quotes to Explore
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The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over the harbor and city on silent haunches, and then moves on.
Carl Sandburg
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Predictions are uttered by prophets (free of charge); by clairvoyants (who usually charge a fee, and are therefore more honored in their day than prophets); and by futurologists (salaried). Prediction is the business of prophets, clairvoyants, and futurologists. It is not the business of novelists. A novelist’s business is lying.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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'Poor humans; they will all die.''Poor us; we will not.'
Vernor Vinge
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In Barnette, we held that a public school student could not be compelled to recite the Pledge; we did not even hint that she could not be compelled to observe respectful silence. . . . Logically, that ought to be the next target for the Court's bulldozer.
Antonin Scalia
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Now this No Limit shit, No Limit nigga Everbody wanna know how this shit happens, but we ain't playa hatin' And what's goin' on, but ya know what? It don't get no realer than this though dog.
Snoop Dogg
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I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.
Desmond Tutu
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It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope.
Arthur Baer
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see.
George Berkeley
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The leadoff-hitter thing, I think, it's always nice to have an established leadoff hitter and to have someone who can really get on base and set the tone.
Theo Epstein
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Productive givers focus on acting in the long-term best interests of others, even if it's not pleasant. They have the courage to give the critical feedback we prefer not to hear, but truly need to hear. They offer tough love, knowing that we might like them less, but we'll come to trust and respect them more.
Adam Grant
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What is it that's taken hold of me, for me to carry on like this in relentless pursuit of something beyond my powers?
Claude Monet
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The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.
John Dryden