John Dryden Quotes
Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.
Quotes to Explore
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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When you listen to my music, you hear that there are all these voices going on in different parts of the song. That's because I was always around so many voices in church.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung of the economic ladder to the middle class.
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I don't mind Ryan Bader thinking he deserves a title shot.
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Jokes that are gratuitously offensive are synonymous with bad writing to me. I'm offended as a writer first and as a person second.
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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
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The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
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I need to mature a bit - then I might have something to show for it.
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I am not interested in slickness for the sake of slickness.
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My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
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'Freedom dieters' often do well with programs that incorporate pretty basic rules, like intermittent fasting - simply don't eat for X period of time, then eat healthy foods. Very simple.
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Seriously, however, I learn a lot about my physical life in the aging and changing of my body.
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Love is a self-manifested notion depending on how lonely you are - so if you're really attracted to someone, and you're really lonely, I think you can fall in love in an instant. It's all about where you're at.
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Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.
