John Milton Quotes
With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme In misery; such joy ambition finds.
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Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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I used to sit on the Circle Line and go 'round and 'round and write.
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One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
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If you push down that pyramid of power and spread out the base, every member gets a chance to file their bill and have it heard and file their amendment and have it heard, as opposed to the system that we have now, which closes out, closes down bills, limits debate, and so forth.
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Your csh still thinks true is false. Write to your vendor today and tell them that next year Configure ought to 'rm /bin/csh' unless they fix their blasted shell.
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The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consist in nothing more than the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.
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It is especially shocking that such a tragedy can go on, year after year, with the rest of the world paying so little attention to it. My Christmas message to Colombian refugees and to the millions of displaced people in Colombia is that the world has not totally forgotten them.
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I like writing comic pages, discovering the rhythm of the panels, learning how much you can and can't express. It's good to stretch myself as a writer instead of always doing prose work; I write screenplays for the same reason.
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I love writing for dancers. You don't have to worry about the lyrics. I think to write words without music must be so frustrating. It must be always be so good, so perfect.
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The definition of genius, really, should be that that person can do what the rest of us have to learn how to do.
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All gigs are good gigs. There's never a bad one. Everything have a reason behind it; you just got to find that reason.
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Despite the limitations of the bulky 16mm camera and 10-minute film magazines, 'The Anderson Platoon' feels as spontaneous and fresh as any films that have come out of the Afghan or Iraq wars.
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I'm not an urban person.
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My relationship has never been good with the government.
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I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.
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I really never thought I would be an actor professionally. I was very academic and was like, "That's so irresponsible. I would never do that." And now, here I am.
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We live in a culture eager to make truth a boutique experience as malleable as our personal tastes require.
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Once you learn what the disease or physical block has to teach you and finally let go of the emotional issues stored in the cells, then, and only then, can real healing begin on all levels - emotional, spiritual and physical.
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All history is contemporary history.
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The Puerto Rican fans have supported me and it means a lot. I'm a Puerto Rican just like they are.
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With diadem and sceptre high advanced, The lower still I fall; only supreme In misery; such joy ambition finds.
