Daniel Defoe Quotes
All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.
Quotes to Explore
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I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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You never think about what life's going to be like five years down the road or 10 - you just go though the day and try to make good decisions. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. You just hope this day will be a good day.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.
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Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
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I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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People are really paying attention to the comic-book genre, and there's a lot of time and attention being invested in these projects with a wonderful sense of quality control.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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A lot of times, we look at jazz in eras. How can we not keep those eras separate and think of the language as one complete continuum? It's all interrelated, and it's all evolutionary.
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One Tweet can be heard 'round the world if the right people retweet it and the right people notice it on their feeds.
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Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.
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I feel like, sometimes, people, because of the amount of media, because of the amount of attention, people seem to think I have to do things. Like, I have to win right now! But I don't feel like that.
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Throughout my whole swimming career, I've never been disqualified once. I've never been warned once.
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Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.
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Only a completely unintelligible God can be said to be absolutely good and absolutely powerful yet tolerate the world as it is.
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Before I paint someone, I always ask, 'How much examination can your body take?' 'How much do you want me to see?'
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I just want to sit in my room and write books.
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We're not handling things anymore before they arrive on our doorstep. I like to feel how thin porcelain can be, run my hand over a textile, see if I want to sit in a chair.
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When you're coming from a place of living just to work, it's never as good as you want it to be. It's never as authentic.
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I am keen to maintain very good relations and develop the relationship with the United States.
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All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.
