Ben Jonson Quotes
The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And, though the sound were parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
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You can only begin to share life well when you think well of yourself.
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My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I was nine and a half, but if she had lived, I probably wouldn't be trying to play guitar. She wanted me to be known, but as something else. Not a guitar player.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.
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I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.
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Ever since I was little, I would just make stories up in my mind. It was based on people I saw in the street or someone I would talk to, or I would hear a specific voice.
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There's no such thing as easy, but it's easier when a script is good.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
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I think celebrities suck.
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If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't sell, I'll go make a movie.
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Seeing a full display of humanity involved in space is a game-changer for everyone. We've all looked at the stars; we've all imagined what was going on. Not everyone wants to go, but everyone wants to know what it's like.
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If there is no threat to the lives of the citizens, our tactic will be to not intervene or impede members of the protest in expressing their will freely.
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Out here you better have a gun, and a gun in the wagon ain't good for nothin'. I believe what the old Quaker said,'Trust in the Lord, but keep your powder dry.'
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I was invited to L.A. when I was 16 for a weekend-long songwriting session by a writer I had met through my voice teacher in Pittsburgh. My first hit, 'Hide Away,' was one of the songs written during those sessions. It was played for a radio rep who then started a new label; the song got a pretty organic start at radio and then took off.
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When you are a free agent like I was, it definitely makes a big difference when you know there's stability at the quarterback position.
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The first person that I ever heard sing a song I wrote was Jason Derulo. I was in the studio when he was doing it, and I mean, I've heard that guy's voice my whole life. When he was singing words I wrote, I started kind of choking up, but I tried to be all manly and puff my chest up and be all, 'Yeah, it's not a big deal.'
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Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.
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The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And, though the sound were parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.
