John Dryden Quotes
Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.John Dryden
Quotes to Explore
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The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.
Laura Marling -
One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
Dan Buettner -
Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
Jacob Bronowski -
I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
Sam Hunt -
I don't want to see people decorating a house or digging a garden. As for guys like Jonathan Ross, he got an award there last Christmas. What for? He doesn't sing, dance or tell jokes, does he?
Ian St. John -
If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game.
Zach Johnson The Fray -
That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
Naomi Watts -
I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
Adam Jones -
Im not your biggest girly girl.
Maggie Siff -
American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
Ian MacKaye -
Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
Nafisa Joseph
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The word 'revolution' first brings to mind violent upheavals in the state, but ideas of revolution in science, and of political revolution, are almost coeval. The word once meant only a revolving, a circular return to an origin, as when we speak of revolutions per minute or the revolution of the planets about the sun.
Ian Hacking -
You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
Carl Honore -
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Nathan Hale -
I don't like writing with real people in mind.
Laura Wade -
Respect goes a long way when you carry yourself a certain way and show manners when you first meet someone. If you do that, then it's hard for somebody not to like you.
Lamar Odom -
I could wake up six in the morning, go downstairs and record. I learned how to use ProTools and everything. Whenever I felt it, I could record.
Beanie Sigel
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It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to express a distinction, not deny it.
Rachel Cusk -
I don't make notes for myself because I either lose them or they make no sense to me at all. I once found a piece of paper with the note: 'everything.' Apparently I made a note to myself not to forget everything!
Aleksandar Hemon -
Those who suffer from an exaggerated sense of their own ability and accomplishment are continually subject to frustration, disappointment, and rage when reality intrudes and the world doesn't validate their idealized view of themselves.
Dalai Lama -
The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.
M. Scott Peck -
Write down everything you can think of, no matter how stupid it seems. I always write down my thoughts throughout the day. Sometimes good things come out of it, and I'll find an idea to develop into a song, so my best advice is to try and draw inspiration from everyday things.
Grace Martine Tandon -
Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.
John Dryden