Cole Porter Quotes
They say that bears Have love affairs And even camels, We're merely mammals Let's misbehave.
Quotes to Explore
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
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One of the major goals of health insurance reform is to bring down the cost.
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I think sex is very interesting for most people, but I'm interested in sex as a way of communication, I'm not that interested in the fantasy version of a sex scene.
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I try to be - well, not holy - but my whole family is very religious, and I want to be like that, too. So I try my hardest to be more in touch with the Lord.
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I've gone skydiving twice. I was terrified about doing it, but I wanted to overcome that. The first time, I did it with my parents and I remember that they had already both jumped out, and suddenly it was my turn. And I thought, 'Well, I don't want to be an orphan,' so I guess I have no choice, and I jumped out of the plane.
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I would love to work with Cameron Crowe; he's definitely one of my favorite directors.
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Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? in every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.
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We certainly don't yet know all the answers. But the universe is about to be pried open.
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I bent over a chair and was given three of the best with my trousers on. I did not think he lightened his strokes. I have never understood why Western educationists are so much against corporal punishment. It did my fellow students and me no harm.
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A man standing by a spring of clear, sweet water and cursing it. While the fresh water keeps on bubbling up. He can shovel mud into it, or dung, and the stream will carry it away, wash itself clean, remain unstained. (Hays translation)
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Quien ha visto vaciarse todo, casi sabe de qué se llena todo.
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Making money is not without its value, but nothing is baser than to make it by wrong-doing.
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I am a book reviewer. I write for a glossy magazine called 'SCI FI.' The money is not life-changing, but it's a low-stress gig. Publishers send me their books. More than I could possibly read. I pick a few and write about them, put a very few others on the shelf, to be perused at my leisure, someday.
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I project myself so deeply into the characters in novels that I'm not thinking about my own life.
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Only super fans and close personal friends ever heard this stuff, but it's long past time that I share them with a wider audience. I still think "Beer Barrel Polka" would make a great Meat Puppets cover.
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The vain being is the really solitary being.
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They say that bears Have love affairs And even camels, We're merely mammals Let's misbehave.
