John Dryden Quotes
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In Europe, we will work towards having a common stance, while in France, we will strengthen our protection for asylum seekers whose lives are in danger because of their sexual orientation.
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I love this planet... I want to see the environment preserved and I want to see the human race preserved. And I'd like to see everybody living decently in a more equitable, kind-hearted, thoughtful, generous world.
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What's genius about 'Gravity' is that you are close upon the actors, but 3D works best when you have foreground, middle ground and background.
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The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.
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I had a very famous trainer tell me once, 'You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever.' They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.
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One bipartisan policy tradition is to deny Americans the use of our own resources.
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No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
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My favorite word was a word James Lapine used repeatedly in 'Sunday in the Park with George,' which was the word 'connect.' All I want to do is connect.
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I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.
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Something in a writer's brain needs to watch everything with a detached, amoral eye.
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Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
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For nighttime or for an event, I'm all about the nice heel. Something that's still walkable but definitely very elegant.
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What does signature mean? Supposedly these are the added touches that make the crime personal to the killer.
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What we do at its very, very best, at its very, very most, will shift us slightly in our seat. If only for two hours, great. If for the rest of our lives, even better.
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The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.
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I love seeing my husband hold our daughter and just give her kisses, unsolicited kisses. When he doesn't know that I'm watching or when I come into the room and I look over and he's just kissing her forehead or kissing her cheek. He loves her so much, and I love his love for her.
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I do tend to play characters that have a lot of costume and hair change. I sort of like the change of physicality thing.
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I don't go to celebrity parties a lot. I don't really enjoy them because I really like going for it in parties. And sometimes at celebrity parties, there is no dancing on tables because people... it can be a little judgmental at times. So I tend not to go unless it is Taylor Swift's birthday party; then it's amazing.
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My grandfather used to be a dentist, and he made me these retainers that have vampire teeth on them.
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I have an image of what a British gentleman looks like, and that image finds real expression in Prince Charles. He is beyond fashion - he is an archetype of style.
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A bunch of my fans have come up to me and said, 'Because of you, and because you came out, I have finally begun to accept myself.' That is infinitely incredible for me. I didn't expect to get to the point where I would own up to it within myself.
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For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.
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Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
