John Milton Quotes
Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
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I'm not a girly girl. I go to the bar. I like to get dirty. I love sports. I'm like the son my dad never had.
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I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.
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My dad was a huge big band and jazz fan, and we both sort of enjoyed be-bop, but man, it required so much skill to play it. And then there was cool jazz, the era that Miles, Coltrane, and Ornette ushered in, and that found a home in me. It turns out that that music was just really where I breathed.
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We did some research that showed that the very first word of your message that you send a girl - when we looked at men sending messages to women - the very first word can have a tremendous... can have a very accurate prediction of whether you're going to get a reply.
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It gets late early out there.
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I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that.
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I don't think that my parents even imagined that I would be exposed to drugs. In those days, for some reason, it was not talked about, just like sex was not talked about.
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When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.
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I really love fan art, which I get sent a lot of. I really, really get a lot of. I get a kick out of it.
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I'm Jewish, but not overly religious, and have certainly never formally observed the Fourth Commandment, other than via the tradition of wearing white on Friday nights at summer camp, which never seemed to dovetail with the fact that Fridays were also the night for grape juice.
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With high underemployment - currently over one million part-time workers in the UK want to work more hours - sanctioning clients who cannot increase their hours seems to be both unworkable and unfair.
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Rent-control laws disproportionately benefit the non-poor because the elite pull strings, work the system and are better connected than the non-poor.
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The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.
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To be optimistic about something that is absolutely unknown to you is unfounded.
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I feel satisfied after achieving something difficult.
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Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace.
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I just broke up with my boyfriend, so I'm officially single. But one thing I find unbelievably annoying is all these guys in my life who want to save me.
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The Gaza sniper deserves a decoration, and the photographer a demerit.
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We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.
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If you can play the piano, you can play any instrument.
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It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.
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He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her love for him. There were times when it became nothing but pure idiot mystery.
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Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
