"For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded."

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"For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded."

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"I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

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"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

John Cage, American Composer

First, Question, Reason

"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

First, Man, Months

"First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice."

Roger Daltrey, English Musician

First, Voice

"After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna."

Karl von Frisch, Austrian Scientist

First, Philosophy, Zoology

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

First, Illusion

"Although in Abbott and Costello, and straight man was first. That's a very interesting concept."

Harvey Korman, American Actor

First, Man

"There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you."

Enya, Irish Musician

First, Formula, Journey, Song

"It's just something I've always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart."

Guy Clark, American Musician

First, Guitar

"I'm very into the first production of the show."

Beth Henley, American Playwright

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"We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it."

Loss

"The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble."

Love

"Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?"

Life

"That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse."

Jealousy

"His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall."

Equality

"The most useless are those who never change through the years."

Change

"Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that."

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"I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet."

"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."

"First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice."

"After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna."

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

"Although in Abbott and Costello, and straight man was first. That's a very interesting concept."

"There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you."

"It's just something I've always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart."

"I'm very into the first production of the show."

Explore more quotes by James M. Barrie

"We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it."

"The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble."

"Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?"

"That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse."

"His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall."

"The most useless are those who never change through the years."

"Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that."

"To die will be an awfully big adventure."

"Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds."

"Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own."