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
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On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends.
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Our defense is key to us right now. We've got to play good defense. That's our driving force.
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I felt like we played a good game for the most part. But near the end, we played not to lose, instead of playing to win. We were not very smart against their defensive pressure, and we started to panic.
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I felt good if they ran the 1-3-1 against the offense we're using. Then we went out there and didn't show a lot of patience and poise, didn't get it set up, didn't pass the ball around and make their zone work.
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We played very good defense, and SouthWest did too. They did a good job of not letting us penetrate. We felt like we could give them a game, but we just needed to get a few more scores. I was a little disappointed it got out of hand at the end.
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Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives.
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The luxury of doing good surpasses every other personal enjoyment.
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(The bill) doesn't fix the system, it just focuses on enforcement.
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The coquettes of both sexes are self-lovers, and that is a love no other whatever can dispossess
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I know you lawyers can, with ease, twist words and meanings as you please
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We missed some shots during critical times of the game, and we also made some turnovers at crucial times. We're now facing some adversity because we're in jeopardy of not making the state playoffs. But I think our girls can respond to the challenge.
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There is a loud group of anti-immigration folks out there for whom this is the main issue they care about. They make a lot of noise, send e-mails and write and call their congressional representatives.
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Employers are frustrated because there is so much paperwork and oftentimes you don't know if things are real or not.
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But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.