John Gay Quotes
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It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least.
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You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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We believe that when you make Black America better - you make all of America better.
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
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Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.
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I came back to the hood and got in those streets and started doing whatever it took for me to provide.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
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Many novice writers try to avoid using 'said' by substituting synonyms: 'he uttered,' 'she murmured,' 'he questioned.' It's true that any word repeated too often becomes monotonous, but substitutions for 'said' can be worse than its repetition.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
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People win Oscars, and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. The moment I won the Oscar, I felt the teardown the very next day.
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Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.
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I used to sneak into my mother's closet and try to wear her lingerie to school.
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In the acting community in New York we call 'Law & Order' 'grad school,' because everyone eventually does a 'Law & Order.' My first one was in 1995, which was a year after I got out of school. Matthew Blanchard was the character's name.
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I don't want to compete. I want to skate for the joy. I get so nervous in competition. I get always sick. I had pressures enough in my life from skating.
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Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore.
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Growing up in the '70s and '80s, science fiction and especially fantasy had such a stigma attached to them. I felt so punished and exiled for being devoted to these things.
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I'd like to be making more films more frequently, but I do find that making movies, for me, has proven to be an extremely challenging road. No movie is easy; no movie has come together quickly.
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You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.
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As your girlfriend, you've just pissed me off. As your High Priestess, you've just insulted me. And as someone with a working brain, you've made me wonder if you've lost every bit of your sense. (Zoey Redbird)
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Sure men were born to lie, and women to believe them!
