John Milton Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
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I always do my interviews face to face.
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Life is like an analogy.
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You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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As a child, I had the opportunity to meet the captain onboard a British Airways flight. It was so exciting to see the cockpit and controls. I was in awe of the captain, and he stamped my log book, which I still have to this day.
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
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I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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Look: I don't want to live with a nuclear Iran. I would like to make it uncomfortable for them to seek it.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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I'm not gonna be broke, like my mom was broke, my uncles were broke, my sisters didn't have money, my cousins on down.
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The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that.
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You need to have tremendous confidence in your work, even a touch of arrogance, chutzpah. Many very fine researchers lack intellectual daring. It's human nature to want to be cozy, secure. But that can be a cul de sac.
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Chekhov is this poet of melancholy and isolation and of wishing you were somewhere else than where you are.
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I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.
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High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.
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These days, I live on the grid – primarily because of medical issues. But I think that it would be hypocritical for a writer to condemn our surveillance culture and then appear on the Charlie Rose show to blather about personal details. Focusing on a writer’s life undermines the power of that writer’s ideas.
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III. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it.
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At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn't even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive.
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I do not write for the public. You are my public and I hope to convert you.
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Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose.
