John Dryden Quotes
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I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.
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I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!
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There were definitely curveballs in my growing up, from a family aspect. My parents got divorced when I was in second grade. I moved around a lot. Actually, I went to about four different schools when I was in fourth grade.
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I think all children draw, as soon as they figure out the thumb and can grab crayons. The only difference with people like myself is that we never stopped drawing.
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The marriage state was designed to complete the sum of human happiness in this life. It sometimes proves otherwise, but this is owing to the parties themselves, who either rush into it without due consideration or fail in point of discretion in their conduct towards each other afterwards.
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Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.
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It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.
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There had been talk about me getting involved with the new team in Houston. I don't know if it's something that will become a realization, but it would be something that I would love to do.
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Humans are kind of story-propagating creatures. If you think of how we spend our days, think of all the time you spend on entertainment. How much of your entertainment centers around stories? Most pieces of music tell stories. Even hanging out with your friends, you talk, you tell stories to each other. They're all stories. We live in stories.
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I can say that I don't compete with others and only with myself because I do so many films.
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To my mind, it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives. But it is something you cannot possibly escape: your psychological make-up is such that you are inclined to look back over your shoulder.
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I stand with the millions of seniors and working people who depend on Social Security and who expect the money they put in to be there for them when they retire.
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I love silence. But I usually only listen to that when I'm sleeping.
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Come one, come all! This rock shall fly from its firm base as soon as I.
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I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate and experiment where wiser men would have left well enough alone.
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Ambition, I’ve found, can lead only to failure. I do not read the reviews. No, I am not singing for you.
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'Why are you so concerned about society?' That is always the question. And my answer is simple: 'Because you are an artist, you have to associate yourself with freedom of expression.'
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I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing.
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Humans love sex, we need sex, it's how we connect, it reminds us we're alive, it's the third most basic human need, after food and good movie popcorn.
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I know a few different women who really enjoy fantasy football, but if it doesn't work out for them in a given season, it's not like they're going to go into a three-month funk. Whereas I know a lot of guys, myself included, who, if they have a bad season or if they lose a couple tough games, are just crushed.
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Together, we can build the kind of world in which we all seek to live, one of universal equality and justice.
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'Teddy, you know what I was thinking? How do you tell what are real things from what aren't real things?' The bear shuffled its alternatives. 'Real things are good.' 'I wonder if time is good. I don't think Mummy likes time very much. The other day, lots of days ago, she said that time went by her. Is time real, Teddy?'
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Sound the trumpets; beat the drums...Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes.
