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"This is someone who has a very stringent morality, and believes the system works, and has been deeply, deeply disappointed, and hurt, by it. You know, so she's in a very different place in life."

"This is someone who has a very stringent morality, and believes the system works, and has been deeply, deeply disappointed, and hurt, by it. You know, so she's in a very different place in life."

Julianne Moore, American Actress

Life, Morality, Hurt

25

"A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life."

"A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life."

Tab Hunter, American Actor

25

"Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth."

"Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth."

Bradley Whitford, American Actor

Life, Love, Action, Hope

25

"The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved."

"The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved."

Samuel Smiles, Scottish Author

Life, Success, Battle, Difficulties

25

"When your car needs gas, you go to a gas station and get back on the road. You don't stay at the gas station for the rest of your life. Learn to rest and never to quit. Remember this while you journey through life."

"When your car needs gas, you go to a gas station and get back on the road. You don't stay at the gas station for the rest of your life. Learn to rest and never to quit. Remember this while you journey through life."

Avina Celeste, American Writer

Life, Rest, Perseverance, Balance

25

"If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other."

"If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other."

Jean de la Bruyere, French Philosopher

25

"I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life."

"I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life."

Tina Turner, American Musician

Life, Mission, World

25

"Life is a wave of love in the ocean of time."

"Life is a wave of love in the ocean of time."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Life, Wave, Love, Time

25

"When this world is full of fashion, be unique by reflecting your own style."

"When this world is full of fashion, be unique by reflecting your own style."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Life, Fashion, Uniqueness, Self-Expression, Style

25

"The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it."

"The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

Life, Meaning, Worth

25

"When I first arrived in Los Angeles I became a little bogged down in the whole success thing. Now I'm at a place in my life and career where I just want to work. It's what I do and it makes me very happy."

"When I first arrived in Los Angeles I became a little bogged down in the whole success thing. Now I'm at a place in my life and career where I just want to work. It's what I do and it makes me very happy."

John Glover, American Actor

Life, Success, Work, Career

25

"Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life."

"Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life."

Epicurus, Greek Philosopher

Life, Man, Misfortune, Reason

25

"If you are in the job for glamour, you're in for the shock of your life. The media is a huge shark pool."

"If you are in the job for glamour, you're in for the shock of your life. The media is a huge shark pool."

Trisha Goddard, English Entertainer

Life, Glamour, Job, Media

25

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

25

"I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance."

"I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance."

Ogden Nash, American Poet

25

"The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as an end in itself, but by the struggle to adapt himself favourably to the conditions of life."

"The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as an end in itself, but by the struggle to adapt himself favourably to the conditions of life."

Ernst Mach, Austrian Physicist

Life, Knowledge, Desire, End

25

"In actual life I am a grumpy old bag."

"In actual life I am a grumpy old bag."

Dawn French, British Comedian

25

"The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life."

"The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life."

Robert Penn Warren, American Novelist

Life, End, Light, Man

25

"So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness."

"So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness."

Sidney Poitier, American Actor

25

"Always remember, that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me."

"Always remember, that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Life, Alcohol, Experience, Awareness, Memory

25

"It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable."

"It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable."

Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist

Life, Choice, Emotion, Struggle

25

"Poetry; a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty."

"Poetry; a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

Life, Beauty, Truth, Poetry

25

"Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect."

"Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Life, Body, Liberty

25

"Make your life a mission - not an intermission."

"Make your life a mission - not an intermission."

Arnold H. Glasow, American Humorist

Life, Mission, Arnold H. Glasgow

25

"The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner."

"The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner."

Tallulah Bankhead, American Actress

Life, Mistakes, Past, Regret

24

"So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give in all kinds of ways to other people. I consider that to be baseline spirituality."

"So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give in all kinds of ways to other people. I consider that to be baseline spirituality."

Susan Sarandon, American Actress

Life, People, Habit, Hope

24

"Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law."

"Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law."

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher

24

"I've been living with the minor second all my life and I finally found a way to handle it."

"I've been living with the minor second all my life and I finally found a way to handle it."

Morton Feldman, American Composer

24

"I enjoyed my life when I had nothing... and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me."

"I enjoyed my life when I had nothing... and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me."

Joey Ramone, American Musician

Life, Idea, Being, Nothing

24

"Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour."

"Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour."

Stephen Leacock, Canadian Economist

Life, Day, Living

24

"Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance."

"Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance."

Scott Hamilton, American Athlete

Life, Perseverance, Adversity

24

"One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it."

"One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it."

Finley Peter Dunne, American Journalist

Life, Money, Poor

24

"Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party."

"Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party."

Jimmy Buffett, American Musician

Life, Thought, Party

24

"I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself."

"I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

Life, Reflection

24

"The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring."

"The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring."

Frederik Pohl, American Writer

Life, Development, Day

24

"I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life."

"I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life."

Jean-Michel Basquiat, American Artist

Life, Thought, Rest

24

"The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death."

"The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death."

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher

Life, Age, Death, Time

24

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."

Diane Ackerman, American Poet

Life, End, Want

24

"I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time."

"I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time."

Penelope Keith, British Actress

Life, Time, Actors, Friends

24

"If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream."

"If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream."

Rene Magritte, Belgian Artist

Life, Dream, Waking

24

"We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last."

"We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last."

Muhammad Ali, American Athlete

Life, God, Past, Will

24

"Life is like a sewer... what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

"Life is like a sewer... what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

Tom Lehrer, American Musician

24

"The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good."

"The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good."

Walter Cronkite, American Journalist

24

"We must send the message that if you use illegal drugs, you will pay the ultimate price by not playing an entire season. And if you get caught again, you will be banished for life."

"We must send the message that if you use illegal drugs, you will pay the ultimate price by not playing an entire season. And if you get caught again, you will be banished for life."

Jim Bunning, American Politician

Life, Drugs, Will

24

"Death is the end of the poetry we call life."

"Death is the end of the poetry we call life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Life, Death, Poetry, End

24

"If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of government, to protect liberty - not to run your personal life, not to run the economy, and not to pretend that we can tell the world how they ought to live."

"If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of government, to protect liberty - not to run your personal life, not to run the economy, and not to pretend that we can tell the world how they ought to live."

Ron Paul, American Politician

Life, Government, Work, Purpose

24

"If you have love in your life, you have life."

"If you have love in your life, you have life."

Bernhard Goetz, American Vigilante

24

"People in this room must have back problems, I'm sure some of us do, and it is really, really one of the worst pains and debilitating parts of your body that you can actually have because you really can't do anything in your life when you have it."

"People in this room must have back problems, I'm sure some of us do, and it is really, really one of the worst pains and debilitating parts of your body that you can actually have because you really can't do anything in your life when you have it."

Greg Norman, Australian Athlete

Life, People, Body, Problems

24

"Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance."

"Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance."

Charles Lindbergh, American Aviator

24

"Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim."

"Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Life, Competition, Nothing

24

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