John Gay Quotes
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No matter how much money I make, no matter how many hit songs. I still perform like a street performer.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
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China is still the fastest growing economy in the world, but we need to learn how to use money in a better way, and it's about quality, not quantity.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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I love samosas filled with mincemeat. My mum makes really great ones.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and psychologists have certainly confronted a fair number of sticky issues around how to measure, and even define, happiness.
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You have to let it all hang out, let go of the ideas that were more comfortable and embrace some of the sadness in your life.
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Basically, my parents messed up because it was the Sixties, and they both had affairs, but they had a great love for each other. I saw that when my father flew over from Los Angeles when he knew my mother was going to die.
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Maybe I'll write an episode of 'Black-ish' about a guy being fired in late-night.
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Building a home for neglected senior citizens is my long time dream.
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It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions have to be made about how you balance out the time and attention between them.
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I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the way.
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The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn't pose. He isn't aware of the camera.
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I have to believe that people can change, otherwise I deny the Gospel, and I will not do that.
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One of my teachers says the sound you hear in the center of the universe is laughter. I don't know if it's true, but if you do something and 30 years later it still produces laughter, that's a fantasy you can't make up.
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There are people. There are stories. The people think they shape the stories, but the reverse is often closer to the truth.
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For whatever reason I was always obsessed with the potential of humanity's physicality. Especially since we grew up with such a non-physical philosophy.
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I just want to be in the studio. When you've got all the gear you want in your own house, it's difficult to go out and do something else, you know?
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Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.
