John Dryden Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I feel nothing can push you till the time you want to get pushed.
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
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We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.
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Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
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There is something joyous about not talking.
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I read that book, 'Lonesome Dove,' and I told my agent that they were gonna make a miniseries out of it and I wanted to be in it. I didn't care what part.
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I happen to find motherhood a very natural state, but I know a lot of other people don't.
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Juan Tripp was a friend. Good name for an airline man, huh? Juan Tripp after another?
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The list of what I want to do is so long, I would need a few lifetimes to achieve them. For instance, I would like to fly small planes, maybe over the Ganges one day.
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My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families - second families, perhaps I should say.
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Declining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don't have as much to sell. Your workers don't want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That's inflation.
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I've always felt that 'X-Men' was about something serious. It wasn't just fantasy.
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Fanaticism and extremism cannot grow on an earth whose soil is embedded in the spirit of tolerance, moderation, and balance. Good governance can eliminate injustice, destitution and poverty.' Remarks at a Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Summit 5 December 2005.
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It is not, then, in the content or substance of folly that its difference from truth lies, but in where it comes from. It comes not from ‘the wise man’s mouth’ but from the mouth of the subject assumed not to know and speak the truth.
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The cardinal mystery of neurobiology is not self-love or dreams of immortality but intentionality. What is the prime mover, the weaver who guides the flashing shuttles?
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From the moment I leave my house or my hotel room, the public owns me. The public made Alice Cooper and I can't imagine ever turning my back on my fans.
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Hey, hey, what I'm sayin' is -Do it to me one more time.Oh, give you one more chance,This heart of mine.Do it to me one more time, baby.Can't get enough of your love!
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It did take a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, and I think it might take another one to clean up after the second Bush.
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We know that second terms have historically been marred by hubris and by scandal.
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What made Louis Vuitton famous was the quality. We don't do marketing; we just create products which are exceptional in their design and craftsmanship.
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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
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I think we have to act like stars because it is expected of us. So we drive our big cars and live in our smart houses.
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Not a lot of hard rock bands are just letting it all be - they're adding a lot of samples on things, or effects or whatever - and we just wanted the drums to be raw so you could really hear what Brooks Wackerman is capable of.
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The trumpet's loud clangorExcites us to arms.
