John Hay Quotes
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Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
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The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor.
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I take my work seriously, but I don't necessarily take myself seriously.
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Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.
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I had no plan to write a western novel, and when I realized it was happening, I was pretty surprised by it. But you have to go with what feels right.
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U.S. surveillance of Pakistan extends far beyond its nuclear program. There are several references in the black budget to expanding U.S. scrutiny of chemical and biological laboratories.
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We are all the heroes and heroines of our own lives. Our love stories are amazingly romantic; our losses and betrayals and disappointments are gigantic in our own minds.
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The process of unleashing worms on organic waste such as food scraps and grass clippings is known as 'vermicomposting.' Amateur horticulturists and hippies have been doing it on a small scale for decades.
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I try to steer away from doing something that's just commercial instead of sticking to a good script.
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My dream job would be a lawyer. I can talk my way out of anything, and I love cross-examining people. I think I'd be a really good lawyer.
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I make technology ridiculous.
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A tailor is a person's best friend as far as I'm concerned, because you can take things that fit OK or look OK, and if you get them tailored, they can be fabulous.
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Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common.
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I was a shy and insecure kid and didn't know quite where I fit.
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I like the old-school muscle cars.
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Everyone thrives most in his or her own unique environment.
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Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain.
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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For any humanist such an incident would cause indescribable grief. But at the same time creating disturbances (ashanti), indiscipline, and expressing outrage (akrosh) is not the solution.
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The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.
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He never funked and he never liedI reckon he never knowed how.
