Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
Who so shall telle a tale after a man, He moste reherse, as neighe as ever he can, Everich word, if it be in his charge, All speke he never so rudely and so large; Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe.
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I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
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As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You know, the label was tough for me. I'm a poet. I was proud of that distinction between the two, not wanting to be the other.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
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Men rarely worry about using or being used because all relationships work that way. A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman. 'Use' is a dirty word only when there's an imbalance in the relationship.
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The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
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When you get on a good horse, you just know. They are powerful, they stop quickly, they can turn in both directions, and they are fast.
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I'm very happy alone.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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What the customer demands is last year's model, cheaper. To find out what the customer needs you have to understand what the customer is doing as well as he understands it. Then you build what he needs and you educate him to the fact that he needs it.
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I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.
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World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole.
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It's a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing nothing.
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What I bring to the table is a huge enthusiasm and love for this stuff.
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Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding onto.
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I think gene therapy and nanotechnology go hand in hand.
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Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
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'But I don't want to go among mad people,' said Alice. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the cat. 'We're all mad here.'
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Who so shall telle a tale after a man, He moste reherse, as neighe as ever he can, Everich word, if it be in his charge, All speke he never so rudely and so large; Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe.
