John Gay Quotes
But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
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In essence, capitalist systems are a mechanism by which economies may generate growth in knowledge - with much uncertainty in the process, owing to the incompleteness of knowledge.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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I do want to finish my education. I just don't think that Boston has a big enough market for what I want to do.
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Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
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I'd love to open a camp focusing on the arts accessible to kids from all income brackets.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!
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Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team.
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I'm a bit of a Libertarian.
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I couldn't get a job to save my life. That's why I wrote 'Road to Paloma.' That got into Sundance and got into that scene, and that's how I got the role in 'The Red Road.'
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Many, including the Canadian and U.S. governments, try to provide family support while also maintaining a hard line about further fuelling terrorism and hostage-taking through ransom payments ... Still, try telling that to a mother, or a father, or a husband or wife caught in the powerless agony of standing by.
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There was not a country in the world that had not fought a battle in the war of all Earth against the invaders from Mars.All was forgiven.All living things were brothers, and all dead things were even more so.
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A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house.
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But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.
