John Dryden Quotes
… not judging truth to be in nature better than falsehood, but setting a value upon both according to interest.
John Dryden
Quotes to Explore
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
Natalia Makarova
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Begin noticing and being careful about keeping your imagination free of thoughts that you do not wish to materialize. Instead, initiate a practice of filling your creative thoughts to overflow with ideas and wishes that you fully intend to manifest. Honor your imaginings regardless of others seeing them as crazy or impossible.
Wayne Dyer
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
Taylor Sheridan
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Every time I do a talk show or something, I'll be like, 'I'm doing 'Chandelier,' right?' and they're like, 'No, you're doing a skit and three dances.' It's different every time. I never really know what I'm doing until the day before.
Maddie Ziegler
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The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve.
Patrick Leahy
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
Dan Gilbert
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I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, so I guess I married for the wrong reasons at times.
Jaclyn Smith
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
Zora Neale Hurston
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
Cam Newton
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Sometimes what you mustn't do is just as just as important as what you must do.
M. J. Rose
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National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.
Pankaj Mishra
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Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
Madeleine Stowe
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Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world.
Nicholas Monsarrat
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At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep what you can hold. If you can't take anything, you won't get anything, and if you can't hold anything, you won't keep anything. And you can't take anything without organization.
A. Philip Randolph
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I was never allowed to read the popular American children's books of my day because, as my mother said, the children spoke bad English without the author's knowing it.
Edith Wharton
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'The Bottoms' or 'A Fine Dark Line' are two of my favorites.
Joe R. Lansdale
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… not judging truth to be in nature better than falsehood, but setting a value upon both according to interest.
John Dryden
