John Gay Quotes
Before the Barn-Door crowing, The Cock by Hens attended, His Eyes around him throwing, Stands for a while suspended: Then One he singles from the Crew, And cheers the happy Hen; With how do you do, and how do you do, And how do you do again.
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I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.
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If there is something I am arguing, it is a critique of science. Science has consistently denied the existence of consciousness other than human. Only in the last 20 years do we have acknowledgement of animal feeling or culture or experience.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians.
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My baby is the joy in my life.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
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Artists look at the environment, and the best artists correctly diagnose the problem. I'm not saying artists can't be leaders, but that's not the job of art, to lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - there are artists all through history who have become leaders, but that was already in them, nothing to do with their art.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.
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It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
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Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.
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My daughter, Lily Caitlin, means the most to me in the world.
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
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Living without hate for people is almost impossible.
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I do find that it's easier to get Latino-themed movies... but I don't think there's that stigma anymore. I think that what's harder is to be a woman, not to be a Latina.
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I was really scared to stay home alone when I was kid, and I would freak out whenever there was a noise after my parents left.
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Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
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I'm a human being before anything else.
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I just did an ad with Microsoft. I'm dressed as Napoleon, and I get to slap Bill Gates.
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I want to be the poster girl for engineers and computer nerds.
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I love writing. It makes me so happy.
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Before the Barn-Door crowing, The Cock by Hens attended, His Eyes around him throwing, Stands for a while suspended: Then One he singles from the Crew, And cheers the happy Hen; With how do you do, and how do you do, And how do you do again.
