John Milton Quotes
Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.
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Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there.
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Science does not know its debt to imagination.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.
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I just think that philanthropy is a fancy way to say that you care about others and that you want to serve others. And that's been a part of me for as long as I can remember.
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I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.
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Good food is an amazing blessing. Whenever you can sit down at a table, eat food that is extremely delicious, and are surrounded by people you love...it's: Wow, life is good.
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Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou livest, Live well; how long, or short, permit to Heaven.
