John Patrick Shanley Quotes

Conscience is the most dangerous thing you possess. If you wake it up, it may destroy you. To live a life of total moral rigor is not necessarily the way to go. It's the path for very few people. Most people need to come up with some kind of middle ground that satisfies their practical, moral, and philosophical esthetic needs.

John Patrick Shanley

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LifeLivePathPeopleYouDangerous

I've always been a coffee-lovin' fool, from the time I was a kid.

Joey Kramer

TimeFoolKidAlwaysBeen

No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'.

Max Beerbohm

NightSayLast NightLastAbleEver

You know what Disneyland is known for? The Big Turkey Leg. People walk around with enormous deep-fried turkey legs. Like little kids, three-year-old kids eating these five-pound turkey legs.

Steve Carell

WalkPeopleEatingYouKnowLegs

Could we have prevented in 100% certainty? I don't think anything is that certain. However, we would have had a very, very good chance for preventing it.

Sibel Edmonds

GoodChanceThinkCertaintyAnything

As the wonderful agony begins for 1964-65, I sometimes wonder why I do it. I've got an insurance business going on the side, and it is starting to grow nicely. Selling insurance fulfills me, in a way, like basketball. But basketball keeps calling me back. I suppose I'll play until I can't keep up with the kids any longer.

Tom Heinsohn

BusinessMeBasketballGrowPlay

I do feel like I'm spiritual, without getting too personal.

Michael Pitt

SpiritualFeelPersonalWithoutLike

My father was obsessed with folk music from around the world, and I think the countless artists who performed them are my biggest influences.

Mitski

FatherMusicWorldThinkArtists

My greatest asset now is my focus.

Josh McDowell

FocusNowGreatest AssetGreatest

I am not shy about my personal life.

Disha Patani

LifeI AmPersonalShyPersonal Life

New York is full of creative people, not only in fashion.

Donatella Versace

CreativeNew YorkPeopleFashionNew

Michael Jackson was my friend before he was anything else. I saw him, and I would say, 'Oh my God, I know him...' And I would think, 'I'm so flipping lucky.'

Debbie Rowe

FriendGodThinkKnowSayLucky

Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.

Cleopatra

LiveFoolYouNowSeeWithout

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