John Masefield Quotes
Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.John Masefield
Quotes to Explore
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The entire time I was up shooting 'Suits,' I was running back to my trailer to help get 'Nine Circles' produced. It's a no-brainer for me to keep that part of life alive.
Patrick J. Adams -
I always knew I had a voice and I've always known I could sing, but I was too shy to let it come out. I think it's the hardest thing to do, to sing in front of people. When I finally let go and did it, I realized it's what I'm most talented at and what I love to do the most.
Paris Hilton -
Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
Abraham Lincoln -
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Mahatma Gandhi -
It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke.
Carla Bley -
Like most writers, I've read a lot of Hemingway, and I admire him greatly.
Rachel Kushner
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Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let me try it but he wouldn't let me give up on it. If soccer was too tough and I said, 'I'm going to quit,' he'd be like, 'No, you're going to try everything and keep going at it.'
Carlos Pena, Jr. -
In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
Famke Janssen -
Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
Walter Koenig -
A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
Rajneesh -
Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
Abdullah II of Jordan -
I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
Manuel Puig
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
Talulah Riley -
It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
Edna Ferber -
And I like to interpret music. So I think it's all interpretive.
Katey Sagal -
In the spring of 1993, I married Beverly and moved to the woods. This is something I could never have imagined myself doing.
Floyd Skloot -
I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
Manny Pacquiao -
I think it takes a lot of desire because I think a lot of people who've never written books don't know quite how hard it is to stick with, to put in the amount of time and just make the commitment to just sit there every day and do it while everybody else is out having fun.
Ted Bell
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The first idea is an imagined thing.
Wallace Stevens -
I've just been told that Nestle has taken out patents on the making of pullao. (Pullao is the way we make our rice in India, with either vegetables or meat or whatever.) Before you know it, every common use of plants will be patented by a Western corporation.
Vandana Shiva -
Not all guys that look a certain way or dress a certain way or act a certain way are the same.
M. Leighton -
He who knows himself is enlightened.
Lao Tzu -
He was a decent enough guy, but he was always at his worst when he was trying to be sincere.
Jack McDevitt -
Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it.
John Masefield