John Phillips Marquand Quotes
His father watched him across the gulf of years and pathos which always must divide a father from his son.
Quotes to Explore
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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The Western day is indeed nearing when the inner science of self-control will be found as necessary as the outer conquest of nature. This new Atomic Age will see men's minds sobered and broadened by the now scientifically indisputable truth that matter is in reality a concentrate of energy.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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I definitely want to get out of tennis and try something completely different.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused.
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I have superfine, superoily hair, so my struggle is always trying to get the volume I want. I end up not doing much with it ever.
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I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real.
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From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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The truth is that the history of Mexico is a history in the image of its geography: abrupt and tortuous. Each historical period is like a plateau surrounded by tall mountains and separated from the other plateaus by precipices and divides.
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There are those people that eat to live and those that live to eat. I am of the latter, as many of you already know. To me, eating is an adventure.
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
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Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.
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We will fight and defend my good name in the European court. We have to be strong and defend Ukraine from this authoritarianism.
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To a large extent, the problems of poets are the problems of painters, and poets must often turn to the literature of painting for a discussion of their own problems.
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Maybe it was the home tutoring, or the late start to formal schooling, or an overly cautious and protective upbringing, but in any case, I never became a talkative person. As an adult, I am not always comfortable in social gatherings with small talk. I must have inherited my father's gentle nature.
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When I first went public with my son Evan's story, I just planned to talk about the 'R' word - Recovery. But soon I was spending most my time talking about the 'V' word - vaccines.
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Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words.
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On Roger Douglas: 'He's like rust, he never sleeps.'
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His father watched him across the gulf of years and pathos which always must divide a father from his son.
