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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Becoming successful is a relentless pursuit. It's good that it's that way: When it does come, you learn to know how to appreciate it, and know how lucky you are to be doing something that you love so much.
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As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story.
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Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.
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The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people become possessed of splendid houses, splendidly furnished, do not of course, give them the feelings and manners of gentle folks.
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I heard the Velvet Underground and that changed things when I was like, 15.
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A clere conscience is a sure carde.
