John Milton Quotes
Alas! What boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse; Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th'abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and he goosed the process.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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I'll tell ya, when you open up that can of dab, it's always fresh.
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It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
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In high school and college, I did not have any Christian friends except my best friend Sarah, who I actually 'brought to Jesus.'
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As a model, I really stand for not being a model, if that makes sense. When I started, the whole idea of the model was very different; it was a bit stuck-up. Not stuck-up, but no one was trying to have fun, or not even have fun, but be willing to smile.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.
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Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.
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This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.
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Technological discoveries are the spermatozoa of social change.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.
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Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing.
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London’s where I was brought up. It’s where my heart is and where I get my inspiration.
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I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
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My biggest fear is that a paparazzi or someone ... is going to come in my backyard and see me when I get in my pool. That would be very unfortunate.
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My favorite actor is - I can't believe I'm saying this - is Meagan Good. I've met her in person.
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Alas! What boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse; Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th'abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.
