John Zimmerman Quotes
Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.
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My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do.
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My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.
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Bling is good.
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If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.
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I worry a lot about taking care of my dependents, all those perfectly ordinary middle-class preoccupations.
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If the work is pure then you have to think it could be understood. If it is not understood it doesn't mean that your work is not accessible. It doesn't worry me, but, of course, I would be pleased if people liked my work.
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I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
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When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That's what inspired the 'Off to the Races' melodies. That's one of the times when you're feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.
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I'm pretty boring.
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Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always they have been brought to this retirement by their insufficiency and against their will.
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My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread.
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I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
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Affluence means influence.
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Writing is the beast unto itself.
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Sweet Stay-at-Home, sweet Well-content,Thou knowest of no strange continent;Thou hast not felt thy bosom keepA gentle motion with the deep;Thou hast not sailed in Indian seas,Where scent comes forth in every breeze.
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Sure, politics ain't bean-bag. 'Tis a man's game, an' women, childer, cripples an' prohybitionists 'd do well to keep out iv it.
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Every man would like to be God, if it were possible; some few find it difficult to admit the impossibility.
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Julia, I promise to love you, to cherish you, in sickness and in health. No matter what, I will be there for you and our family. I promise not to make the social media another member of our family.
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The stage is near and dear to me.
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It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product.
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I always want to be a messenger, a person that, you know, that's not afraid to pass on wisdom.
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Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives.
