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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Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.
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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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When I was a child I liked watching shows about bounty hunters and Canadian Mounties. I liked the 'Lone Ranger,' I liked shows where the guy saved the girl from the villain. I just liked those kinds of things and I wanted to be a guy like that, you know, that would save the damsel in distress.
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We expanded primarily for our people - if you don't offer more opportunities, you don't keep good people.
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We taped all this and then got it transcribed and picked the best lines or ideas or ways to take a scene. I've done that many times, and it can improve the script but also wreck a perfectly good scene.
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It is good that these terrorists are now facing justice, but in the reporting of the case, it would be helpful if the media didn't help them with their propaganda mission by unquestioningly repeating false information about their detention.
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For present joys are more to flesh and bloodThan a dull prospect of a distant good.
