John Dryden Quotes
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I think at first the Flume project really started out as an online thing. I used Facebook and SoundCloud, and I think we got lucky because it felt like a bit of a golden age of those social media platforms. So I managed to create quite a solid fan base online.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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I think I'm as good if not better than everyone else.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.
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It's better to be skinny than to be fat.
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I know basic things about belly dancing, but not the technicalities; I want to learn it. I want to learn belly dancing.
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Reading reviews makes you thin-skinned. It's like waves washing layers off your skin.
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You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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I wish politicians would put the environment at the centre of every agenda.
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It's all magic to me. Country to punk rock, all of it. Chopin to Kurt Cobain. But it always all comes back to punk for me, because that was the last time, punk rock or grunge rock, was the last time that passion ruled the airwaves.
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I'm a firm believer in time. I know a lot of people don't believe in time like I do, but I think time heals and kind of reveals all for me.
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From my perspective, I think the question of how we build a better future is an extremely important overarching question, and I think it's become obscured from us because we no longer think it's possible to have a meaningful conversation about the future.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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For present joys are more to flesh and bloodThan a dull prospect of a distant good.
