John Milton Quotes
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose.
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He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.
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He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods.
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Work is both my living and my pleasure.
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Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
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The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading.
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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
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I'm more and more fascinated in my own work. I work from 10 A.M. until about 9 P.M., but it's not an obsession, it's a pleasure. There's never enough time.
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From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy.
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I'm retired from the daredevil business.
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Our fates are in the hands of An Almighty God, to whom I can with pleasure confide my own; he can save us, or destroy us; his Councils are fixed and cannot be disappointed, and all his designs will be Accomplished.
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The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.
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I'm officially retired as the refuser of Academy Awards.
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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.
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This object that we hold in our hands, a book... that tactile pleasure, it's just not going to go away.
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Despite all the criticisms that have been leveled at the comics community, both in terms of fans and creators, I have always felt more comfortable and accepted in the comics community than I have in any other medium of publishing that I've had the pleasure of working in.
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My guilty pleasure is Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
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The artist isn't particularly keen on getting a thing done, as you call it. He gets his pleasure out of doing it, playing with it, fooling with it, if you like. The mere completion of it is an incident.
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Remember Judy Garland? She retired 40 times.
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If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am retired.
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Punctuality is a virtue, If you don't mind being lonely.
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And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens take his pleasure.