John Lyly Quotes
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Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously.
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All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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It's very different to have this kid that I'm truly responsible for.
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Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.
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I used to wonder because I never thought I looked like either of my parents, but now I think I look like a conglomeration.
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That's the one criteria I have - I can't do an impression of someone I don't like.
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There are no warlike people - just warlike leaders.
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In your imagination, you can perfect things in a way you can't do in your everyday life.
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I had a very funny family.
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The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was no defense, a producer about to go to jail, should CBS in effect tell the producer go to jail even though there is no law at all that we can use to get you out of jail?
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Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.
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I'm hesitant to ever take on the crest of the veteran. So I don't know who I am to warn the younger writer about the perils to come. I think maybe the most dangerous influence is to think you have all the answers and should be giving counsel.
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I never think about what I want. It's about what you want to give to other people.
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Why, what a wonderful piece of luck! Here is a red rose! I have never seen any rose like it in all my life. It is so beautiful that I am sure it has a long Latin name.
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The truth is, all might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they ought.
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Against the teachings of eternal torture, of the vicarious atonement, of the infallibility of the Bible, I levelled all the strength of my brain and tongue, and I exposed the history of the Christian Church with unsparing hand, its persecutions, its religious wars, its cruelties, its oppressions.
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I had never heard of Walter Young before, and I do not expect to hear from him again.
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People grow up loving the Yankees and will tell you, and so many people despise the Yankees, and they come from all over the United States.
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I think the father-son dynamic is interesting. I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their dad, and I don't have a male friend who hasn't had some kind of conflict with their son.
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Box office success has never meant anything. I couldn't get a film made if I paid for it myself. So I'm not 'box office' and never have been, and that's never entered into my kind of mind set.
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First the truth is ridiculed. Then it meets outrage. Then it is said to have been obvious all along.
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The only way to build a good company is one satisfied customer at a time. However, to build a great company, we must add one raving fan at a time. The difference is this...a satisfied customer will come back, but a raving fan not only comes back, but becomes part of your sales team. There's a big difference!
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A clere conscience is a sure carde.
