John Dryden Quotes
The wrath of Peleus' son, O Muse, resound;Whose dire effects the Grecian army found,And many a hero, king, and hardy knight,Were sent, in early youth, to shades of night.
Quotes to Explore
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.
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I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do is it needs to make sure that the pricing is fair, that you don't have monopolies out there, so that people don't have a chance to compete fairly.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most important, interesting voices. They just need someone to give them the key to unlock the door.
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My books cover many aspects of daily life through which your children will recognize their own relationships in their families and communities.
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If you cry over a guy, then your friends can't date him. It can't even be considered.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.
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You can choose not to sit on the fence. You can choose not to criticise. You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.
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You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me that edge for what I have to do.
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Kmart's as much a part of my history as 'Charlie's Angels.' Twenty-five years! It's not just a celebrity brand.
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I don't spend much time on Twitter. I joined because I found it funny.
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I wish I got invited to more luaus. I really do!
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I don't like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions!
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One day, you're a nobody, and the next, you're in a movie that everybody is talking about. But Hollywood has a way of knocking you back down to Earth.
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I'm a travel enthusiast.
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I'm one of the first invention capitalists.
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Going back and forth between wanting to be respected artistically and wanting to move people is its own challenge.
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What I am proudest of is having a life where work and love are impossible to tell apart.
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Statism – the subordination of the individual to the state - leads inevitably to the most hideous oppression.
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It's a lot harder to find fault with the mundane details of daily existence when you really, really know on a cellular level that you're going to go, and that this moment, right now, is life. Life isn't what happens to you in 20 years. This moment, right now, is your life.
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The wrath of Peleus' son, O Muse, resound;Whose dire effects the Grecian army found,And many a hero, king, and hardy knight,Were sent, in early youth, to shades of night.
