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Life Quotes



"If only my folks had beaten me, I could have gotten some material about my miserable childhood. But as it is, I've had a great life."


"I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities."



"Hazard has conditioned us to live in hazard. All our pleasures are dependant upon it. Even though I arrange for a pleasure; and look forward to it, my eventual enjoyment of it is still a matter of hazard. Wherever time passes, there is hazard. You may die before you turn the next page."


"No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has no place to fit in."
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"To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites."


"The struggle to the top is in itself enough to fulfill the human heart. Sisyphus should be regarded as happy."



"We lived the life with Keith Moon. It was all Spinal Tap magnified a thousand times."


"Some people have just rented your body to live in it for sometime and depart. Others consider you as a permanent residence to dwell in forever. Which ever, you must remember to accommodate all those who want to be accommodated. Be each other's keeper."


"It is very distressing that anyone would look at these matters from a political viewpoint. Core beliefs about when life begins and ends are far too important for any such calculations."


"The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal."


"The society based on production is only productive, not creative."


"Tarrou had "lost the match," as he put it. But what had he, Rieux, won? No more than the experience of having known plague and remembering it, of having known friendship and remembering it, of knowing affection and being destined one day to remember it. So all a man could win in the conflict between plague and life was knowledge and memories. But Tarrou, perhaps, would have called that winning the match."


"The three great moments of my life had to be the concerts of Ellington in 1938, Dizzy in '48, and Ella in '52."


"With the breakdown of discipline in the home and with every source of amusement and instruction pouring poison into daily life, it is not to be wondered that the minds of people are ready to receive anything but the truth and that they are ready to believe lies and ultimately the lie."


"A bath and a tenderloin steak. Those are the high points of a man's life."


"Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame."


"There is a lot to life, and a lot more than just television to life."


"When one is silent, those around speak even more, my lord."


"Nothing can disturb your peace of mind unless you allow it to."


"What it meant to me: a happy life, of course, companionship, of course. A common objective, I think."


"More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate."


"I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing."
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