John Milton Quotes
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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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We just here to do our job.
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The ultimate goal of therapy... it's too hard a question. The words come to me like tranquility, like fulfillment, like realizing your potential.
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I grew up in California, and when I read that Proposition 8 was on the ballot, I was disappointed because it seemed to be inconsistent with the spirit of the state, with the independence and diversity of the frontier that California has always been.
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And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
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I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
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My motto is: feel the fear and do it anyway.
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Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence.
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For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.
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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
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Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing world.
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The world of religion isn't a logical world; that's why children like it. It's a world of worked-out fantasies, very similar to children's stories or fairy tales.
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I naturally favour a clean, healthy diet. A salad sandwich is one of my favourite meals!
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I remember when Meryl Streep did an ad for American Express, the press harassed her.
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Fashion designing involves a lot of work, and, as opposed to the general perception, it is different from costume designing for films. While a fashion designer can take up a costume designer's role, it is not possible vice versa.
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When the game starts, you don't really look at uniforms.
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Therefore the vast majority of the people who affirm leftist beliefs think of their views as the only way to properly think about life.
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I think I realized very early on that you can spend a lot of time constructing a really perfect scene in final draft and just end up throwing it away because you didn't figure out that mathematics of the story first.
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Time will run back and fetch the Age of Gold.
