Joseph Addison Quotes

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

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• The United States is a low-trade - low-tariff country.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Country
  • United States

• And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Think
  • Know
  • Voice

• Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.

  

  Ian Hacking
  • Self
  • Just
  • Some

• You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation.

  

  Harold Prince
  • Generation
  • Step
  • Recycling

• I think I've always been somebody to break rules.

  

  Manish Dayal
  • Think
  • Always
  • Rules

• As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • Ability
  • More
  • Will

• I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • House
  • Loved
  • Living

• I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • School
  • Age
  • Learn

• People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • People
  • Long
  • Conviction

• We all need to slow down and go to acupuncture.

  

  Tamara Ecclestone
  • Need
  • Down
  • Slow

• I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Happy
  • Model
  • Right

• War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.

  

  Nawal El Saadawi
  • War
  • Courage
  • Israel

• Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.

  

  Nacho Figueras
  • Great
  • Family
  • Kids

• It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great.

  

  Gabrielle Reece
  • Great
  • Moving
  • Feel

• I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.

  

  Zinedine Zidane
  • World
  • Happy
  • Best

• From a population point of view, it's actually very important that as few people as possible get the flu. People getting the flu is not a private matter. The risk for healthy people is really about your friends and neighbors and fellow travelers.

  

  Irwin Redlener
  • People
  • Important
  • Friends

• Healing yourself is connected with healing others.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Yourself
  • Healing
  • Moving On

• There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.

  

  H. Rap Brown
  • Me
  • Class
  • Citizenship

• I'm a massive control freak.

  

  Phoebe Waller-Bridge
  • Control

• I was a kid who was born and raised on Johnny Cash. My father played 'At Folsom Prison' constantly. Cash was the only thing I remember coming from our big, warm stereo console. Even then, I knew Cash was uncool. I knew he was an unhip Republican.

  

  David Means
  • Remember
  • Father

• It's an odd experience reading interviews with yourself. Interesting, though. Of course, you know that the journalist will have edited, rephrased or even rewritten what you actually said, but you can't help feeling that there's a special kind of truth in the way someone else paints you, however subjective they might be.

  

  Bertie Carvel
  • Experience
  • Truth
  • Help

• My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Life
  • Love
  • Know

• I am not always happy with the compliments Estonia has received.

  

  Lennart Meri
  • Happy

• The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

  

  Joseph Addison
  • Good
  • Truth
  • Nature