John Gay Quotes
A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.
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I recognize that I'm probably the luckiest novelist in recent memory, because Sherman Alexie, a writer I greatly admire, raved about my book on 'The Colbert Report,' and then Mr. Colbert himself urged his viewers to buy it - on his show and on Twitter.
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I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
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It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
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Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.
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Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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We who curate our Twitter feeds and Facebook walls understand that at least part of what we're doing publicly, 'like'-ing what we like, is trying to separate ourselves from the herd.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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I've never seen anywhere in the world as beautiful as Kashmir. It has something to do with the fact that the valley is very small and the mountains are very big, so you have this miniature countryside surrounded by the Himalayas, and it's just spectacular. And it's true, the people are very beautiful too.
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I'm just not interested in getting judged or getting people to love me. Being seen and taking my photo and having to follow this schedule all the time, I don't enjoy it.
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You can go to a play that is enjoyable because it's funny, and then on the next night you can go to a play that's enjoyable because it's 'disturbing.'
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The problems of the world are not going to be engaged with and solved in Faversham, they're going to be sorted out in cities like Birmingham.
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My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she's magical.
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I admire American literature, both contemporary and classic - 'Moby-Dick' is just about the best book in the world - and I admire British literature for its insistence on dealing with social class. It may have been an influence.
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A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.
