John Milton Quotes
What wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear without the knowledge of evil? He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true wayfaring Christian.
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I never cared about modeling. As a model, you're powerless.
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As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years.
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Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.
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At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
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The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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I think when you see 'Ridiculous Six,' the show speaks for itself in terms of its treatment of American Indians.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.
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I am neither left wing nor right wing. I am middle-of-the-bird.
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
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Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
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My dad said, 'Stay humble, and you gotta work harder than everybody else.' My mom said, 'Always be yourself.' She always told me only God can judge me.
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The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down of man by the machine - the machine being war itself, represented by someone like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in 'Full Metal Jacket,' the sadistic marine who turns his boys into instruments of death.
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But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.
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The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.
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His name, Buzz, fits. He can buzz along at 40 miles an hour when his genetic memory moves him.
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The world of marketing is all about trends and the ability of marketers to identify and cultivate them.
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May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.
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What wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear without the knowledge of evil? He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true wayfaring Christian.
