John Dryden Quotes
As long as words a different sense will bear, And each may be his own interpreter, Our airy faith will no foundation find; The word's a weathercock for every wind.
Quotes to Explore
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Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
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To be fair, I don't get mad when people laugh at me when I fall down.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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I actually like football a great deal.
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Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.
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I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.
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I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.
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I almost can't believe this even needs to be said, but it's not unwarranted to burden retirement advisers with a requirement that they act in their clients' best interest.
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My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good.
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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
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To be able to work with actors who are doing such good work, not only makes it easier for you, but it makes you better.
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If you want to turn out an atheist child, unconditional love constantly is a good way to do it.
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Programs aimed strictly at the poorest Americans are always and forever under assault from a Republican Party that still has not dared to cut spending on programs - like Medicare and crop insurance - that also benefit the rich.
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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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Language rarely lies. It can reveal the insincerity of a writer's claims simply through a grating adjective or an inflated phrase. We come upon a frenzy of words and suspect it hides a paucity of feeling.
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As long as words a different sense will bear, And each may be his own interpreter, Our airy faith will no foundation find; The word's a weathercock for every wind.
