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William Congreve Quotes

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.

William Congreve

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: english
Birth: January 24, 1670 - January 19, 1729

Topics

Education Gentleman Enough University

I feel like the kind of people I write about are the kind of people I grew up with, the families that I know in my community. Most everyone is working-class, and there are some intact families, but a lot of families aren't.

Community People Feel Know Kind Up

It feels like when novelists say they find their characters are doing things they never thought they'd do, the material comes alive, and that's how I feel making music.

Music Thought Feel Doing Find Alive

Most Americans take their freedom very seriously, but they don't realize that not everyone is free. The repressed are not free to do what they want. That's what 'Star-Crossed' was all about for me.

Johnathon Schaech

Freedom Me Free Want Seriously Take

Hollywood is difficult to navigate if you have integrity, so I opted not to work if there wasn't enough to do in a role, which doesn't have to do with the role's size.

Work Integrity Enough You Hollywood

In my country, though it is very patriarchal and male-dominated, the public enjoys women-directed movies.

Country Movies Though Very Public

Environmentalism has failed.

Failed Environmentalism

I literally was famous before I knew my own name.

Name Famous My Own Own Knew Before

Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever.

Brennan Manning

Failure God Journey Loneliness Death

I haven't always been warmly welcomed for holding my conservative positions in Hollywood. Then again, I've never been very good at being politically correct either, on or off screen. So why start now?

Good Start Now Hollywood Why Never

There are a number of candidate vaccines that are in development for HIV/AIDS.

Development Vaccines Number Candidate

Our first album sold a million copies. Because we had such a big hit on the first album, it's always like, 'You can't top the first album.'

You First Top Always Big Million

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Angry Me Enough Person Important

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