Ovid Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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It's better to be happy than to be well-dressed.
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Tolerance, openness to argument, openness to self-doubt, willingness to see other people's points of view - these are very liberal and enlightened values that people are right to hold, but we can't allow them to delude us to the point where we can't recognise people who are needlessly perpetrating human misery.
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Citizens who live or work near protest sites or marches have every right to be free of violence from protesters, and they should never be subjected to destruction of property.
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing.
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The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I'm one of the least competitive people you'll ever meet. Except with myself.
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'Shotgun's one of the first songs I ever wrote. It's about a couple I met at Waffle House, an all night diner I used to hang at before I could go to bars.
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I was fortunate in that I attended university in Canada in the early 1970s when you could take a true liberal arts degree with no programmes, majors or minors.
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Every film you're commissioned to write is all about an arc; usually, the arc is that the world creates a change in the character, usually for the better. To not have an arc, the messages and ideas in the film became more prominent.
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There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.
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A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.
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The greatest injustice in the world is to bring a child into the world, and not be able to offer it peace.
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Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
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Guess what, I'm the opposite of a role model!
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The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be.
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I'd rather be nauseous than tired, I think.
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You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him.
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Boy, it is not fun suffering in this body of weak flesh, but Jesus is straightening out all my crooked places.
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I had no thought of being a writer. I never wanted to do anything. I'm tremendously lazy.
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Matthey, a Geneva physician very close to Rousseau's influence, formulates the prospect for all men of reason: 'Do not glory in your state, if you are wise and civilized men; an instant suffices to disturb and annihilate that supposed wisdom of which you are so proud; an unexpected event, a sharp and sudden emotion of the soul will abruptly change the most reasonable and intelligent man into a raving idiot.
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I love Donna Summer, and I love ABBA. I love late '70s disco. I love the Bee Gees. I just love that period of recording.
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I knew that the Mets had never had a no-hitter. I never had one. This is very special. I knew this means a lot to New York.
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I'm very glad to have met you. I like your playing very much.
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Res est solliciti plena timoris amor.
