John Gay Quotes
Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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A spiritual partnership is a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth. Spiritual partners use their delightful experiences together as well as their power struggles to learn about themselves and change themselves.
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I didn't want to leave Newcastle, but that's football.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.
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I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
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Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.
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I oscillate between being cynical and being naive on a regular basis. I always think that not much shocks me until something much too obvious does.
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor.
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If I like a make-up artist's look, even if nobody knows about her, I use her. New people give me energy.
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I am training at such a high level that I actually could eat anything and get by. But as my coach always says, your body is like a car, and food is like your fuel. I am a race car, so I can't just put unleaded fuel in my car. I need that good premium fuel.
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I think it's best to date someone who doesn't do what you do.
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The world needs champions. Too many people still find the path to opportunity closed to them. Too many still find unnecessary obstacles to education, to housing, to the full and free exercise of the right to vote.
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Too many people in Washington care about power institutions, not caring about changing the lives of everyday Americans.
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When I was growing up, I loved stories in which a girl sets out on a quest to rescue the prince instead of the other way around.
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Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either.
