John Dryden Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.
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It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil.
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When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.
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I don't know that human beings were meant to mate for life or be monogamous. But, for me, the aspect of marriage that is troubling is that it's a contract that is governed by the state, and I don't want the state to have control over my personal affairs.
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You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea - O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end.
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Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
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The future is now.
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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.
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I'm simply a businessman who has seen his share of failures and successes.
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I have seen many teachers in real life, which come from the same background and morality and treat their profession like just another one rather than a noble profession.
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I'm not running for office. I just want people to come to my stuff and escape and see me as a character, not as anything else.
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It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.
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I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.
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I had expected that at some point during the first draft a light would go on, and I would understand, finally, how to write a book. This never happened. The process was akin to blindly walking in the dark, feeling my way only by touch, and only recognising dead ends when I smacked into them.
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My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.
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I'm a fatalist. … I consider I am rejected in principle. My work is and, through my work, I am. If it's accepted, it's miraculous or the result of a misunderstanding.
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Christianity was literally born in the Middle East, and we must not forget our Middle Eastern brothers and sisters in Christ.
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In Victorian fiction, there would be a chapter at the end devoted to righting all of the wrongs. I thought to right all of the wrongs would be too glib. I thought it would be better to lull the reader into thinking that is the way it would work, but then not to do that.
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Anyone can repeat a technical explanation they read in a text-book or blog post.
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Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.
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With the emergence of the Internet, it has become possible for creative and bold people with focus and determination to establish businesses in some of our remotest communities. But these will not work if they do not have reliable transport routes responding to the impatient modern customer.
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I am an old school sort of syndicated cartoon watcher. I'm a big fan of Voltron, too.
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Whatever is, is in its causes just.
