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... JOSEPH ADDISON The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shinin... JOSEPH ADDISON Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love--and to put its trust in lif... JOSEPH CONRAD The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure. JOSEPH CAMPBELL I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me. JOSEPH BARBERA I've only ever played 'God of War' while we were shooting it. I've seen a lot of the... JOSEPH GATT Ballet teaches you how to hold yourself. JOSEPH ALTUZARRA I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help... JOSEPH PULITZER This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the... JOSEPH LANCASTER A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a ... JOSEPH STORY But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiro... JOSEPH ROTBLAT It is the truth of grace and not of the law that brings you true freedom. The truth of the law only ... JOSEPH PRINCE As for the assertion that nuclear weapons prevent wars, how many more wars are needed to refute this... JOSEPH ROTBLAT Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach. JOSEPH STALIN Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinc... JOSEPH ROTBLAT The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool... JOSEPH BUTLER Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affection... JOSEPH BUTLER The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon ... JOSEPH ADDISON When animators weren't sleeping, they were drinking. JOSEPH BARBERA I think you sense the metaphorical resonance of what you're writing without analysing it too car... JOSEPH O'NEILL I was fortunate enough to write about things I really love, and love can be very analytic. JOSEPH BRODSKY When you have those two languages - an analytic one like English and a synthetic, very sensual thing... JOSEPH BRODSKY The American people and American businesses are looking to the federal government to lead our nation... JOSEPH CROWLEY Hungry Joe collected lists of fatal diseases and arranged them in alphabetical order so that he coul... JOSEPH HELLER What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor,... JOSEPH PULITZER At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the wh... JOSEPH ROTBLAT It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, wa... JOSEPH CONRAD Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls. JOSEPH CAMPBELL My only wish would be to have 10 more lives to live on this planet. If that were possible, I'd s... JOSEPH MURRAY The mechanics of love imply some sort of bridge between the sensual and the spiritual, sometimes to ... JOSEPH BRODSKY No man-made system is perfect, and the system of oppression is no exception. It is subject to fatigu... JOSEPH BRODSKY I remember myself, age five, sitting on a porch overlooking a very muddy road. The day was rainy. I ... JOSEPH BRODSKY Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair. JOSEPH BRODSKY I used to love dogs until I discovered cats. NAFISA JOSEPH I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your ow... JOSEPH CONRAD We live as we dream--alone.... JOSEPH CONRAD