Ben Jonson Quotes
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I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it was sort of dead people. It took me a long time - I think I was well into novel writing before I really thought, 'Actually, this is a valid pastime.'
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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Books are up against TV and movies and video games and a multimedia society that is so busy that people don't have contemplative time any more. I worry deeply about this. In fact, I worry about everything all the time. I used to be a punk. All I wanted to do was tear everything down, and that was so much easier.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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A quarterback is always going to be the most valuable player on a football field because he touches the ball every single offensive play.
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Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.
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I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.
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Everyone is capable of everything.
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I think that Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena and Valentina Shevchenko... they've showed how much this level has gone up in female fighting in a very short period of time.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
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We are more and more into technology. Everything is texting, and everything is instant. Flowers are completely impractical as a method of communication when you could just send a text.
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An aphorism can contain only as much wisdom as overstatement will permit.
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I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
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On my show 'One on One', I interview leaders from around the world - in politics, business, art. My other show, 'Her Village', is more like 'The View'.
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That Shakespeare wanted Art.
