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Joseph Addison Quotes

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: May 1, 1672 - June 17, 1719

Topics

Life Man Happy Important Will Whole

I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I try to focus hard on making each character, whether villain or hero, have an interesting flaw that readers can relate to.

Character Hero Focus Villain Believe

Whether we start with a provisional status and legal permanent residence... or we set up some other way to assimilate legally, you can't ever put in something that says, 'You can never become a citizen.' That's un-American.

Start Legal You Citizen Way Become

I got the dragon on my leg when I was still living with my dad. He's not a fan of tattoos, so I had to get it behind his back; he kind of freaked out when he saw it.

Back Kind Living Tattoos Dragon Out

To the extent that Israel does face threats, like from say Hamas or Hezbollah, those are threats that do not jeopardise Israel's existence.

Stephen M. Walt

Face Say Existence Israel Threats

One thing people would be surprised to know about me: I have a mean roundhouse kick. And my guilty pleasure? Deep fried pig ears!

Suki Waterhouse

People Me Deep Guilty Pig Know

In large commercial cities, the money power is, I fear irresistible. It is not by open corruption that it always, or even most generally, operates.

Fear Power Money Corruption Open

Feminism is very much a part of a lot of my student's lives, but they're not going to march about it or take a public political stance. And I think more and more young women are claiming that they're not feminists - even though they are.

Women Think Political Student Young

Volkswagen has been, is, and will always be my life.

Martin Winterkorn

Life My Life Will Always Been

Typically what happens is, somebody drags an idea from the past that worked in an old set of logics that they try to apply to the new one. And it doesn't work.

Michael Nesmith

Work Past New Try Old Idea

Well, I think anybody who's had a baby can tell you that once you have a baby, they kind of become the main focus. I don't think there's gonna be a lot of room for anything else.

Michael Shannon

Focus Baby Think You Kind Become

The interesting thing is always to see if you can find a fact that will change your mind about something, to test and see if you can.

Change Mind Interesting You Find

For me as a solo artist, I never want to be a nostalgia act.

Me Artist Nostalgia Want Never Solo

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