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John Gay Quotes

A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: english
Birth: June 30, 1685 - December 4, 1732

Topics

World Gentleman Rich You Company

I like to play kind of the girls-that-eat-worms kind of character.

Character Play Kind Like

Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't come into consciousness of this tragedy, there's going to be a violent awakening we don't want. The question is, can we wake up?

Anna Deavere Smith

Car Racism Wake Up Tragedy Want Up

People act like art is a white thing - or not for people of colour - when, really, so much culture and art comes from people of colour. I want everyone to get into what I am doing. So sometimes I don't like to work just in an art context because it feels like a lot of people aren't going to see it. I like it to be a part of everyday life.

Life Work Art Culture I Am People

My only failure was the restaurant in Myrtle Beach. I kept it open for four years. It was in a tourist town, it was only busy four and half, five months of the year. But the bills kept coming all year.

Failure Beach Busy Restaurant Year

I do say things in a way that is going to elicit a response from people.

Milo Yiannopoulos

People Say Way Things Going Elicit

I grew up really religious, and my family still is, but I'm not so much. That scene in 'Cool Hand Luke', it just destroyed me.

Joshua Ostrander

Family Me Cool Hand Up Destroyed

I've done a lot of things with theater that I'm very, very proud of.

Dennis Christopher

Proud Done Things Theater Very Lot

I believe in the institution of marriage. Of course being a Mormon, we believe in eternity rather than just till death do us part. If you really try hard, if you make it work, it's blissful. But I also know a marriage that isn't working can be painful.

Work Marriage Death Believe You Try

In animation, no one gets to see your face, so you can really mess up with your voice like I did 'ParaNorman;' I was a bully in that, which was so much fun to do. In 'How to Train Your Dragon,' I'm a little Viking character. So, it's kind of exciting to play these roles that you normally wouldn't get to play in a live-action movie.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Character Fun Voice Face You Play

There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great children's film, or a great children's book.

Children Great Book Chance Test

The American people do not have the information upon which they can hold the administration and responsible agencies accountable. I call that a coverup.

People American Information Hold

That's why I made my record before I had a label. I put it out independently - in a way, out of fear - because I didn't want anyone to change it.

Change Fear Want Why Way Out

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