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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It's cool to be recognized, but it's not something that I was seeking or sought after. I never wanted to be famous.
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The truth is that in my present life I don't remember that I ever was president.
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I drove motorcycles through college. I didn't have the money to buy a car.
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I did The 'Acid Test' at the Royal Court, by Anya Reiss, who's the most wonderful, amazing female writer. She was only 19 when she wrote it. She wrote it about three girls in a flat on a Friday night, and that was magic because it was so rare to have three girls in your age group in a play. It just doesn't happen.
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A clere conscience is a sure carde.
