John Masefield Quotes
I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.
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Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.
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The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.
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If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.
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I never personally complained; everybody else complained for me.
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I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!
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Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.
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'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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Luckily, I work for a company that promotes on performance.
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Have a little faith. Don't give up.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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I had two passions growing up - one was music, one was technology. I tried to play in a band for a while, but I was never talented enough to make it. And I started companies. One day came along and I decided to combine the two - and there was Spotify.
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The mass of workers, as yet non-Socialist, is retarded in its development towards Socialism.
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It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me – I spoke with him many times – that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again.
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Style is something you either have or don't have.
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Analyses of the movie marketplace points to an interesting phenomenon: High-profile movies are continuing to do well year-to-year in the U.S. and overseas - this past summer, for example, the top 10 movies registered at the same level as in '04.
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He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open.
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One of my favorite places in San-Francisco is Aunt Charlies drag show. You pay $3 and see shows that literally give you goose bumps and bring you to tears. As a performer, you know they're giving 100% and you can't help but cry.
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The success that Americans are said to worship is success of a specific sort: accomplished not through hard work, primarily, but through the ingenious angle, the big break. Sit down at a lunch counter, stand back up a star. Invest in a new issue and watch it soar. Split a single atom, win a war.
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I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.
