John Gay Quotes
Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.
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I've never been a partier.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.
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Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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I'm an all-or-nothing person.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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My people. I have given them a sense of individuality, integrity. I have not made them slaves of any god or any religion. Nor of any holy book or any priest. I have certainly not replaced their god. They are all a part of what I call my traveling circus.
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Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
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It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.
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I always live in the present. The future I can't know. The past I no longer have.
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I'm just ah, actually developing a tv show for HBO, and I'm directing a film this summer, and actually I'm doing some live shows out in western Canada.
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Playing live is such a total visceral experience, and really, as a musician, you're trained from the beginning to be a live performer.
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Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.
