John Milton Quotes
The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
John Milton
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Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.
Vernon A. Walters
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Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.
Vikas Swarup
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A man who gives himself to be a possession of aliens leads a Yahoo life, having bartered his soul to a brute-master. He is not of them. He may stand against them, persuade himself of a mission, batter and twist them into something which they, of their own accord, would not have been.
T. E. Lawrence
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Hearing my songs in public freaks me out a bit. There was one restaurant I really liked in L.A., but I had to stop going there when they started playing my music. It felt kinda awkward.
Fiona Apple
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
Hansika Motwani
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
Ira Sachs
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Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
Queen Christina
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To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
Sally Mann
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Married at 23, a mother at 24, and blindsided by divorce at 28, I found myself struggling, like many young women I meet today, to strike a balance between my personal life and my career.
Gail Sheehy
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
Abdullah II of Jordan
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As an actor, there is always an opportunity to learn from the other actors you work with.
KaDee Strickland
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I just saw a clip of Maria Bamford. She has a comedy show that was filmed and performed from her bed - the whole thing supposedly takes place in her bedroom at her parents house in Duluth, MN. I thought it was great and really strange - to have a comedy special without having to leave your bed.
Dana Schutz
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Afraid no, I wasn't afraid but it was an unusual thing, it was an unusual feeling. It was an unusual atmosphere for me having grown up in this country and, and, and never seeing anything like that.
Ralph Boston
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But I think that's a particular kind of experience involving a certain immediacy between you and the canvass, you and the particular kind of experience of that particular moment.
Donald Judd
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The vast majority of people are born, grow up, struggle and go through life in misery and failure, not realizing that it would be just as easy to switch over and get exactly what they want out of life, not recognizing that the mind attracts the thing it dwells upon.
Napoleon Hill
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Successful ventures in business or philanthropy are built around great teams who can help us overcome tremendous challenges - and have the right experiences and relationships to do so.
Naveen Jain
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In criticizing, the teacher is hoping to teach. That's all.
Bankei Yōtaku
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The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
John Milton
