John Milton Quotes
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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The great thing about all my siblings is we all agree we had a horrendous childhood. It's not like it doesn't affect us now; it affects us every day, in everything we do.
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The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
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The fact is that in too many communities in cities in Britain gangs now have become completely rooted into these communities and they destroy them around them.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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If boomers were always looking to shock, millennials are eager to share.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.
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I'm still a huge Yankees fan. Growing up, Jeter was my guy, but Bernie Williams was my favorite player.
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Because I was so quiet, my father let me spend hours and hours next to him while he would sketch. Everyone else was always asking things from him. I wasn't asking anything. I was just happy to be there.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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When you're in a black group, you have to keep in mind you're not black. You just have to be sensitive. We have to be appreciative that the black nationalist struggle is a nationalist struggle.
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I've always been inspired by Genet, Henry Miller and Hubert Selby, Jr., who taught me that you've got to tell a bigger truth in whatever you're doing, but the truth is not popular.
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Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.
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My trumpeting sounds like a goose farting in the fog.
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I'm biased toward romantic comedies; they're probably my favorite genre.
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Corporate bodies are more corrupt and profligate than individuals, because they have more power to do mischief, and are less amenable to disgrace or punishment. They feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill.
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Or call up him that left half toldThe story of Cambuscan bold.
