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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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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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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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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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.
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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
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I've been simultaneously drawn to and repelled from Hollywood for years.
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A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself.
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Domestic violence and sexual assault go hand in hand.
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I look back upon graduate school as being a very happy period in my life. The chance to be thoroughly immersed in physics and to be surrounded by friends pursuing similar goals was a marvelous experience.
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No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.
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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.
