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Joseph Addison Quotes

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Hope Shadow Think Dream Act

Lots of people think it was Jimmy Page who had the first fuzzbox. It wasn't, No! it wasn't me either.

People Me Think Page First Who

I grew up as a dancer, and music and dance are so closely tied that in ballet class, you're listening to all this classical music, and in modern class, you're working with a live drummer. It was something that always made me feel really comfortable, and I've had a connection to since the beginning.

Live Music Dance Beginning Me You

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.

Devil Never Him Politician He Sins

If faux liberal white guys want to support and defend Obama, by all means please do so. But I would suggest they try to limit that support to matters of policy and not perspectives on race.

Support White Want Race Try Limit

Oh, definitely and you know you take the bitter with the sweet but the benefits far outweigh the burdens of what I've been able to do for my family, my word.

Family Sweet You Know Bitter Take

I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound.

Silence Sound Need Days Songwriter

As you probably know, this woman I like to call my mother went on tour for her 'MDNA' album. As a summer job, I decided to work in the wardrobe department. All of my friends were getting summer jobs, and I wanted one, too. Mine was a little unconventional but still a great experience and a lot of fun.

Work Mother Great Experience Job

I worked nightclubs all through my 20s, and I was a teetotaler.

Through Nightclubs Worked

I think a lot of guys you see - there seems to be this thing where you can have all the fun in the world, but in the end of the day, there's no one to share it with.

Day Fun World Think End You

We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort.

Christopher Morley

Habit Effort Child Mind Small Take

Been trading up recently? You have, haven't you? You'll be squawking that you're too rational, too busy and too socially concerned for any of that. But go through the fridge - come to think of it, what about the fridge itself? I bet it's bigger than its predecessor.

Busy Think You Go Up Bigger

All my children inspire me in life, and that always comes out in the writing.

Life Children Me Writing Inspire

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