John Tyler Quotes
Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette-the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.
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Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.
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I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.
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I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I write about human beings and their relations to the natural world.
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US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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An exorcism is tantamount to a miracle - an extraordinary intervention of God.
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Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring.
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It's possible to look really cute and still be comfortable. You don't have to kill your feet to have a fashionable look.
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Some movies are the kind you take home with you at the end of the day, and some, you can let go.
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Even though beauty is very much my heritage, my real passion is accessories and home.
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The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is the atheist who does not believe in himself.
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I used to review games on 'The Totally Rad Show,' and the best thing about that was I would finish games. Now, it's become challenging for me to actually sit through an entire game. I tend to get excited about the next shiny thing.
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Be brave enough to live creatively.
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The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.
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Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette-the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.
