John Dryden Quotes
Men are but children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving, too, and full as vain.
John Dryden
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There is, therefore, no solution possible other than an economy directed by the workers through their organisations of control-through the workers' syndicates.
Federica Montseny
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Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit will probably not win an Academy Award, but if you put it first on your list, it will become a nominee.
Valerie Harper
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
Igor Stravinsky
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
B. Carroll Reece
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An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
Daniel Defoe
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
Napoleon Hill
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
Indra Devi
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From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless.
Ban Ki-moon
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
Sam Wyly
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
Kate Winslet
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
M. Esther Harding
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I knew what kind of actor I was going to be, and I looked for inspiration to people like Alec Guinness, Cyril Cusack, Timothy Spall and Jim Broadbent. I looked at them and thought, 'They play human beings as they really are.'
Eddie Marsan
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I love Australia; it was a really, really nice experience for me. It's such a beautiful place. The people are beautiful - like, really beautiful - and they are beautiful in terms of their personalities. It's a great place to be. It's like you are in a little bit of a dream world.
Shawn Mendes
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Art is the expression of a man's life, of his mode of being, of his relations with the universe, since it is, in fact, man's inarticulate answer to the universe's unspoken message.
Vernon Lee
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Because I was the only child, I was completely indulged. My father thought I was the best looking boy. And even though I was at 100 kgs., he dismissed it as puppy fat. He thought that the sun came out of my head. If I got five out of ten marks, he thought I was half there and had only half way more to go.
Karan Johar
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Of all the things a body loves, predictability is one of them.
David Agus
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Having been a lobbyist myself you can't overstate how easy it is to get things done your way. It's a complicated policy and many lobbyists are trying to wreck amendments as we speak.
Bryony Worthington
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Men are but children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving, too, and full as vain.
John Dryden
