John Gay
John Gay
John Gaywas an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera, a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 June 1685
breeds disrespect system
It's a dysfunctional system that breeds disrespect for the law.
buy widows
Do like other widows - buy yourself weeds, and be cheerful.
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That's part of our defense. We picked up our effort and rebounding is the final part of defense and (the players) understood that.
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The people who own the country ought to govern it
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We started out in a zone. We were trying to stop Best and Harris inside but Lucas and Spry killed that plan. We were just going to take our chances making them shoot from the outside.
compared
What he was doing is unrecognizable compared to what I do on a day-to-day basis.
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We both want the bill for different reasons. Immigrant advocates want a way for their people to get citizenship and stop dying in the desert. Unions want to grow their membership. We want a stable work force.
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I'll study the tape and see. It's the things we've worked on the last two weeks. We've had enough practice time the last two weeks to start over and be ready to play a new season. We just stunk it up.
assume ignorance pride
By ignorance is pride increased; Those most assume who know the least
feeble god
I rage, I melt, I burn, / The feeble God has stabbed me to the heart.
age trade
In every age and clime we see, / Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
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Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us, / And fires us / With courage, love and joy. / Women and wine should life employ. / Is there aught else on earth desirous?
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To cheat a man is nothing; but the woman must have fine parts, indeed, who cheats a woman
needed physical turned
The physical play got to us and then frustration set in. We needed to get something going offensively, but we turned it over, couldn't get back (on defense) ? that was the story.