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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The most amazing set where I've shot 'Game of Thrones' is definitely Croatia, in Dubrovnik. It's such a stunning country with lots of good watersports there as well. Just a beautiful, beautiful place.
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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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I do not find it easy to articulate thoughts about religion. I remain the sort of person who turns off 'Thought for the Day' when it comes on the radio.
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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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Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.
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The sin forgiven by Christ in Heaven By man is cursed alway.
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I ask myself: are defeats necessary? Well, necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for a dream, we have no experience and make mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
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Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure.
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When you've grown sick of reading and bug-eyed from watching TV, when your friends are all visited out, no words can adequately praise the link to the outside world provided by your parents and family.
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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.
