Alexander Pope Quotes
Coffee, which makes the politician wise, And see through all things with his half-shut eyes.
Quotes to Explore
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The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.
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Thankfully, President Obama has stood firmly behind women's health care issues by supporting coverage for contraception and reaffirming commitment to organizations like Planned Parenthood.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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I love children. I just don't know if I'm ready to have kids. I feel like I have more time. Kids are cute, you know? They need a lot of help - that's the thing.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
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I didn't want to just do a show where my character stood out and other characters were flat or one-to-two-dimensional. I wanted everybody to have meat.
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Every girl has days when she doesn't like her appearance, but it's when you feel happy in yourself that you look good.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.
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Let's cooperate and challenge the administration to cooperate with us because within the administration there are also moderates and people who are not fully comfortable with the tendencies that have prevailed in recent times.
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The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.
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Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel - that's my favourite time-pass.
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I was in Congress for six months, and they put me on blood pressure medication. I flew helicopters in combat and I was fine, and I survived 13 months in recovery in the hospital... I got to Congress, and six months later I'm on blood pressure medication. Fourteen months later, they doubled the dosage!
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I felt like I was building this world brick by brick with each layer of instrumentation I was doing. I could see it growing in some ways. I feel like most writers feel the same way. You're almost living inside of this magic world that you're building.
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Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.
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I always say to my students, 'If you can do anything other than writing and be happy, then you should.'
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Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man’s resources?
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When you are in someone's home, in their bed, you see the world from their eyes. You understand 'the other' is not so other.
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Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we have become.
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Coffee, which makes the politician wise, And see through all things with his half-shut eyes.
