John Dryden Quotes
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San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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I deserve attention not because of any talent, but just because of who I am.
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I think people are too hard on the Pistols. The Pistols started the whole punk thing and never saw much money.
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When the phonies are expelled from their leadership roles and the Republican Party backs a moderate gubernatorial candidate acceptable to the rank and file with proper financing and the intestinal fortitude to fight the good fight, the rank and file will rejoin the fold.
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I got to go to Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Madrid, America.
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I grew up in a suburb of Ohio, in a small town, and I resonated with that small-town feeling where everybody knows your business.
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When I come offstage, if I've done a bad show or had a bad night, the fact that everybody was standing at the end or three or four times during the show means nothing to me. I know I could have done a better show.
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I wanted to be on 'Saturday Night Live' since I was ten.
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I have carried the burden of my dad's image since day one. They never see me as just another guy trying to make his career in the film industry. I am always 'Megastar' Chiranjeevi's son first, and Ram Charan only later.
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You can not only do great things for an urban core by moving your employee base there, you're also going to be a better business.
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There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.
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The great challenge before the IITs is to act as a catalyst in the growth of quality technical education in the country.
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When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye.
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I'm not the most charismatic, maybe emotional, fun-packed individual on the golf course; I get that.
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We want to nurture startups on our platform, just like we did in the old world.
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It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.
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One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.
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The closer a part is to you, the harder it is to play. Anything else is just imitation. If I'm playing a Russian countess, I get the hat, the accent, the outrageousness. Easy. Playing a murderess? Perfect.
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Even if you know a character really well, there's no formula for what jokes will work and what won't.
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Confidence comes in going on personal journeys in a public arena and feeling as though you have a right to do that. You have to give yourself permission to discover what you need to discover and not worry about how pretty the journey is. If you're aware of the pretty, you're not going to dig into the mess.
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It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a period of transition, with all the unrest that permeates society on the eve of a new century. The big life issues are at stake.
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I'm actually just a terrible husband and a terrific exec producer. We just actually stay together for our careers. We look to the Clintons.
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Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child.
