John Dryden Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too.
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I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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I've always tried to stay behind the scenes, and I intend to keep it that way.
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You can oppose reparations all you want, but you got to know the facts. You really, really do.
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My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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Scriptures reveal the divine desires of the Lord in our behalf. Each of us should have a burning desire to search the scriptures diligently and daily to seek the will of the Lord in our life. For some, it may be necessary to develop the discipline to search the scriptures daily.
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I was hoping I was going to get an ulcer. I was hoping to boost my research career by developing a bleeding ulcer.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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I've known Al Gore since he was born. He has been the best little boy, he was a boring child, and he has never done anything wrong.
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
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In order to satisfy one human stomach, so many lives are taken away. We must promote vegetarianism. It is extremely important.
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There's a big difference between how the Anglo-Saxon world views India, or viewed India, and the way Europe views India.
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The Western world is ... looked upon as being arrogant, self-satisfied, greedy and with no limits. And Sept. 11 is an occasion for me to realize it even more.
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They say everything in the world is good for something.
