Cole Porter Quotes
They say that bears Have love affairs And even camels, We're merely mammals Let's misbehave.
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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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Our business isn't to be famous: that's not what we do; that's not what we strive for.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.
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In our day, computer technology and the proliferation of books on CD-ROM have not affected - as far as statistics show - the production and sale of books in their old-fashioned codex form.
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Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don't think we can achieve something beyond what we're qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams?
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They say that bears Have love affairs And even camels, We're merely mammals Let's misbehave.
