John Dryden Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
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That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
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We recognized in 1996 that, with progress in the field of genetics accelerating at a breathtaking pace, we need to ensure that advances in treatment and prevention of disease do not constitute a new basis for discrimination.
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Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
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I think people probably think I self-start, but I don't... I'm an actor, and I like to be of use to the director. To be a muse.
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No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
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I was talking to Marylanders... What we were hearing, everywhere, was an overwhelming sense of frustration. People felt a huge disconnect between Annapolis and the rest of Maryland.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.
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Oh my God, Nicole is killed? Oh my God, she is dead?
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn't like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.
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Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself.
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I used to be a pretty good hit-and-run man when I played in the minors. I handled the bat well and could hit the ball to the right side of the infield. Nevertheless, I know that you often give the opposition an out on the hit-and-run play.
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I grow the vegetables my family eats. I grow enough, and we seldom buy from the market.
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I would direct TV. That's a little different. It's more of a contained world as a director. When you're doing a film you get on the rollercoaster, you put the safety bar down and then you're gone. And it's hard. It's hard, too, as a parent, I think, because the hours are so long. It's hard.
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In terms of creativity, both are equally satisfying. Music album is for yourself, where you compose songs and stuff like that, and in films, you have a story, characters, and songs penned by someone else.
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The perfection of life with a gun dog, like the perfection of an Autumn, is disturbing because you know, even as it begins, that it must end. Time bestows the gift and steals it in the process
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That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
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Wit will shineThrough the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
