John Milton Quotes
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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
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Everything was magnificent so far, even if I knew my part of dramas.
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I was interned in Auschwitz for one year. I didn't bring back anything, except for a few jokes, and that filled me with shame. Then again, I didn't know what to do with this fresh experience. For this experience was no literary awakening, no occasion for professional or artistic introspection.
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We do not have the idea that all children are valuable parts of society. We only have the idea that our own children are.
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The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
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When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically.
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My problem in calling for pressures on South Africa is to convince the youth to convince their governments and people that it is not the South African goods that are cheap, but the forced labor of the Africans.
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If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide for a healthy and a happy life.
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I've been lucky enough to sort of go over different mediums, different vibes and genres.
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Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment.
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The Anarchists believe in civil society; only they insist that the freedom of civil society shall be complete instead of partial.
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That was the night, in the kitchen, that I realized I was no better than who I was... And I no longer felt angry at Waverly. I felt tired and foolish, as if I had been running to escape someone chasing me, only to look behind and discover there was no one there.
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We never made love in a bag. People probably imagined that we were making love. It was just, all of us are in a bag, you know. The point was the outline of the bag, you know, the movement of the bag, how much we see of a person, you know. But, inside, there might be a lot going on. Or maybe nothing's going on.
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There he lieth, tossing in the guilt of his lewdness, the primal lecher, neglectful of his duties to a fair wife but all too ready to plunge his sizzling steel into the slaking black mud of a base Indian.
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Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.
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David Duchovny is a dream; a dreamboat and a dream. He was so kind... He held my hand after we were done shooting and told me I did great. He's so good at what he does.
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The cell, over the billions of years of her life, has covered the earth many times with her substance, found ways to control herself and her environment, and insure her survival.
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I think people look at me different when they see I'm dressed well. They pay attention. They know I'm about something.
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North Koreans are irrational to some extent, but I don't think they're totally irrational. I think they watch American cable channels. I think they watch the European cable channels. I think they, their decision makers keep up more than we know. And I think they want us to think they're a little crazy.
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I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
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Laughter is by definition healthy.
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There's good stuff and bad stuff, but you continue on. I'm not prescriptive - I cannot tell anyone else what to do with their lives, and I'm a deeply flawed individual - but this is it. We're all just living it and... bless us all.
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Fay: Your explanation had the ring of truth about it.. Naturally I disbelieved every word.
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Non est miserum esse caecum, miserum est caecitatem non posse ferre.
