John Gay Quotes
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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Probably the biggest influence on my career was the late John Hersey, who, while he was at 'The New Yorker,' wrote one of the masterpieces of narrative non-fiction, 'Hiroshima.' Hersey was a teacher of mine at Yale, and a friend. He got me to see the possibility of journalism not just as a business but as an art form.
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Together, Amazon and I are giving readers what they want - inexpensive, professional ebooks.
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
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We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
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Some things have to be believed to be seen.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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I hate all the terrorists in the world, whatever the purpose of their struggle. However, I support every active civil revolt against any occupation, and Israel, too, is among the despicable occupiers. Such revolt is both more just and more effective, and it does not extinguish one's spark of humanity.
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Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
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That's what happens in a good horror movie: there are always metaphors of greater subjects like humanity and empathy and compassion. It's not about the action and scary moments: You really care about these characters because they're mirrors of our own reflections.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.
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I'm a married woman. I love my husband; I have a good life.
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I don't pretend to know anything about art. I make pictures for entertainment, and then the professors tell me what they mean.
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I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you.
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Markets as well as mobs respond to human emotions; markets as well as mobs can be inflamed to their own destruction.
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For most of my life, I didn't pay attention to birds.
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Is there no hope? the sick man said;The silent doctor shook his head.
