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.John Gay
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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.
Edan Lepucki -
I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
Fernando Flores -
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.
Taylor Dye -
I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
Camille Claudel -
Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
Quentin Crisp -
Any competent actor could have done what I did.
Larry Hovis
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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.
Randy Houser -
The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
D. H. Lawrence -
Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.
Harriet Van Horne -
But eventually it is a game of cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar -
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.
Garth Risk Hallberg
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
Dana Boente -
Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
Ian McShane -
I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
Gary Barlow Take That -
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.
Maiara Walsh -
I had a very modest upbringing.
Balthazar Getty -
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.
Salman Rushdie
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Writing poetry consists in letting the Word be heard behind words.
Gerhart Hauptmann -
Sometimes I try to take a nap before shows. That clears my head.
Louis C. K. -
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
Samuel Johnson -
The family you were raised in, the time period you were born in, and the part of the country you're in absolutely shape your view on sex, which shapes a huge part of anybody's personality.
Lizzy Caplan -
I was the smile on your face every morning with the rising sun. I was your saving grace and the only one that you wanted in this whole world. But now I’m just another girl…
Carly Pearce -
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.
John Gay