Ben Jonson Quotes
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I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words.
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On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.
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My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we're doing on this planet.
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The weather in California is so much hotter than it is in England that it's absolutely changed my style. I have many more dresses and shorts than I ever thought I would coming from U.K.! It's so much easier to dress femininely in a warm climate.
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Just know that as long as your family thinks you're amazing, then you really are amazing.
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Most of my best games were when I felt crap - I could hardly move on the morning of the World Cup semi-final in 1990 - but there's a thing called adrenaline that gets you through.
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George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate.
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One of the great joys in life is reading, yet it's the main thing people say they don't have time to do.
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À quelle heure, s'il vous plaît?
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The fact is, that civilisation requires slaves. The Greeks were quite right there. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.
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Control exists only when there is action of will, positively or negatively. Will is resistance. When the mind is learning, there is no resistance.
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To have won a place in his heart among all those he has mentored and created, itself is a distinction.
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The Internet is the best thing that could have happened to China.
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Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week.
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Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command.
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If you get satisfaction out of playing music and entertaining people and it makes you feel right, then go for it.
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I will support my party when they are right on an issue, but am not afraid to stand up to party bosses who are not looking out for the best interests of my constituents and our country.
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I still like the physicality of papers.
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On April 3, 2014, Jane Goodall turned 80. The iconic blond ponytail has gone gray, but the sparkle of intelligence, sly humor, and fierce dedication still shines from her hazel eyes.
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I was slapped down to the ground when my son Wade died in 1996, in April of 1996.
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I'd like you to comment on the angry mob that surrounded Karl Rove's house on Sunday. — April 1, 2004
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I finally broke into the prison I found my place in the chain Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows
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His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only enjoying that for which it was worthy!
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What gentle ghost, besprent with April dew, Hails me so solemnly to yonder yew?
