John Dryden Quotes
What precious drops are thoseWhich silently each other's track pursue,Bright as young diamonds in their infant dew?
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
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I got to write most of everything I said.
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You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.
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Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions.
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No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
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'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
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Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.
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Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees.
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The death penalty question should be put on the agenda in Hungary.
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I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen. And, the fact that this was an offer on a major film that had a start date, was pretty impressive.
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I'll be judged on the body of work and not the popularity of any one decision.
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I realized that I could try to sound like Waylon Jennings, or I could try to be like Waylon Jennings... but it's impossible to do both.
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I know it's a cliche, but I see myself as a citizen of the world. I was brought up in Switzerland by German and Turkish parents but I've very much grown up in San Francisco. I have a European sense of aesthetic, but I'm also deeply steeped in the notion of change and entrepreneurship that is associated with Silicon Valley.
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I cried when I heard Johnny Carson died.
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With women and women, I think there's an understanding. Nobody knows what a woman feels or experiences but another woman. We are the nurturers, and there are times when we need to be nurtured.
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For boys like me, in north Indian railway towns in the '70s and '80s, where nothing much happened apart from the arrival and departure of trains from big cities, the Soviet Union alone appeared to promise an escape from our limited, dusty world.
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It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.
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It [smoking] was like an aphrodisiac. Actors would say let's have another cigarette on that great scenes, and they'd blow smoke in each other's face.
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thus with a kiss I die
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I've always loved the '40s romantic comedies and the idea of those mistaken identities and lovers' misunderstandings.
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There are a lot of competitive girls in the industry, so you just find the ones who share your mentality.
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The value of a canvas depends almost entirely on your mental attitude, not on your moral attitude; depends on what kind of a man you are, the way you observe.
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What precious drops are thoseWhich silently each other's track pursue,Bright as young diamonds in their infant dew?
