John Gay Quotes
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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I don't ever take anything for granted.
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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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I am autobiographical in the way a dream transforms experience and emotions all the time.
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I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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I shop at a lot of vintage stores because the prices are amazing, and I love the idea that there's a history behind the piece I'm wearing.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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Like, I'll wear a bright sweater with pants that are a more classic color.
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.
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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful and had good ideas musically. But I had a terrible sense of tempo, which is like being a blind painter.
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I'm, like, everybody's friend. I'm one of those dudes. I can be friends with anybody. Any race of person, any personality, I can kind of deal with them. I accept different types of people.
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As a boy, my favorite show was 'Superman' and my favorite movie was 'Star Wars' - along with other science fiction shows and movies. And I always wanted to fly.
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Can we go too fast in saving souls? If anyone still wants a reply, let him ask the lost souls in Hell.
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Lack of knowledge... that is the problem.
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I'm happy to see book clubs on TV. Talking about books has always been an important and invigorating part of reading them, and it's nice that that is getting attention from the media.
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Планета есть колыбель разума, но нельзя вечно жить в колыбели 1
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The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.