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"What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven."
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"It was just an accident; I was never going to come out here."
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"Did you ever observe to whom the accidents happen? Chance favors only the prepared mind."
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"Yes, of course that's true but you know, the irony of all that is that before the accident, I'd pretty much lost interest in playing drums."
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"Every job I've ever gotten has been an accident. All the jobs I actually go after, I don't get."
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"The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist."
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"We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children."
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"I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta look at it."
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"There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period."
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"Even though things happen by accident, you also unconsciously choose things that help you."
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"I made enough money to buy a house. That's crazy, but fame proved ephemeral."
Money

"It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple."
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"I grew up with too much freedom. You can't define yourself."
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"How strange, when your father's wearing women's clothes and platform shoes, that a pair of loafers looks incredible."
Woman

"My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves."
Father

"I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't."
Age

"I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me."
Family

"My mother did literally hitchhike barefoot to the country store."
Mother

"Every job I've ever gotten has been an accident. All the jobs I actually go after, I don't get."
Accident

"I don't want to lose my name because that's how I know myself. There is a legacy here."
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