John Lyly Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without substantial musical ideas. Without that as a foundation, you can add all the layers of sound you want - it's still going to sound like a mess.
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Tolerance, openness to argument, openness to self-doubt, willingness to see other people's points of view - these are very liberal and enlightened values that people are right to hold, but we can't allow them to delude us to the point where we can't recognise people who are needlessly perpetrating human misery.
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If you're not mindful about sugar, high sugar intake is just the worst thing for you, but I'm, like, everything in moderation, and that's how I approach it.
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My new obsession is 'Storage Wars.' I don't know how such a simple show concept can be so addicting, but I can sit and watch marathons of it.
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Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
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I really believe the nexus of terrorism and nuclear weapons is the world's most ominous threat.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.
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I don't play fantasy baseball anymore now because it's too much work, and I feel like I have to hold myself up to such a high standard. I'm pretty serious about my fantasy football, though.
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The men couldn't understand how I could be so successful and so insecure at the same time - because it doesn't really exist in the same way in the male psyche.
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The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.
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I'm not one for going out on the town on Friday night, as I've never been a big drinker, so I like getting the rubbish jobs out of the way so we can enjoy our free time.
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Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.
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I am too insecure to crash early. I feel life will pass me by while I'm sleeping.
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The Bodhisattva lives by the sufferer’s standard, and he must be effective in aiding those who suffer.
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I've learned love is like a brick, you can build a house or sink a dead body.
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I take a wolf's rib and whittleit sharp at both endsand coil it upand freeze it in blubber and place it outon the fairway of the bears.
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What I don't like is taking it to extremes and making all these intellectualizations about what basically is simple music. It's simple stream-of-consciousness stuff in my songs. What I'm trying to get across is misinterpreted.
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Procedure is the bone structure of a democratic society. Our scheme of law affords great latitude for dissent and opposition. It compels wide tolerance not only for their expression but also for the organization of people and forces to bring about the acceptance of the dissenter's claim....We have alternatives to violence.
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Lette me stande to the maine chance.
