"To a large degree, since the beginning of……" — John Donne
"To a large degree, since the beginning of time, charisma or the lack of it has impacted upon those in quest of acclaim. As media expands, this has become ever more vital. Thus, demeanor if unappealing, can defeat one's likelihood of success, causing the death of prospects whilst they are still embryonic."
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John Donne
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223 Quotes by John Donne
John Donne has 223 quotes on this site.
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For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere
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Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
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Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
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If I lose at play, I blaspheme; if my fellow loses, he blasphemes. So, God is always the loser.
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Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
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At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals…
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That which attempts to elevate the ugly to the level of beauty becomes neither; but an obscenity.
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Chastity is not chastity in an old man, but a disability to be unchaste.
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As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.
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How many times go we to comedies, to masques, to places of great and noble resort, nay even to church…
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Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.
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Enjoyment always has a spoiling, otherwise it cannot be so.
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When I arrived at the point where I received public acclaim, I felt the most lowly, because I knew within…
— Walter Russell
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One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough…
— David Foster Wallace
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The so-called Christian virtues of humility, love, charity, personal freedom, the strong prohibitions against violence, murder, stealing, lying, cruelty-all these…
— John T. Flynn
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To be acknowledged for who and what I am, no more, no less. Not for acclaim, not for approval, but,…
— Robin Williams
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A film has to be for commercial success as well as earn you respect as an artist. You don't want…
— Saif Ali Khan
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We do not diminish the value of what women or men achieve in any worthy endeavor or career -- we…
— D. Todd Christofferson
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Is success just about winning? Acclaim? Trophies? Wealth? Our personal happiness or satisfaction? I have been blessed to experience some…
— Tom Osborne
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As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've…
— James Ellroy
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A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim…
— Laozi
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It is certainly true that cooking is therapeutic, creative and all those other faintly creepy self-helpish words. I would love…
— Steve Almond
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The triumph of the analytical movement, which formed in the '30's and '40's, was precisely what earned the Soviet masters…
— Mikhail Botvinnik
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The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant…
— Eric Butterworth
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