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Life Quotes
"What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch book something that happened in my life and then write a little something on the side about what happened or what the story."
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"I've tried to lead a straight, clean life, not set any kind of a bad example."
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"For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance."
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"I don't really mind what people say about my love life or anything like that, but the one thing is that, yes, I do sing and write all my own music. That is something that I hold really dear. And yeah, I made a fool of myself in front of the world, but it was also great to pick myself back up and go on tour."
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"To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just wanted to be good in my company in Charleston and I wanted it to always be part of my life."
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"The Mekons were kind of like the background music of my life."
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"I always assumed it owed more to the fact that he didn't like me."
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"I'm not into one-night stands. I've only slept with three guys in my life and they all involve relationships."
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"The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life."
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"The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster."
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"I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music."
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"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
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"I had too many big passions in life and it gets in the way of work. You can't concentrate properly on the one thing."
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"For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done."
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"I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it."
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"If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story."
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"I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image."
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"You know Sven? The man who takes care of the gym?' he asked. He waited till he got a nod from Nicholson. 'Well, if Sven dreamed tonight that his dog died, he'd have a very, very bad night's sleep, because he's very fond of that dog. But when he woke up in the morning, everything would be all right. He'd know it was only a dream.'Nicholson nodded. 'What's the point exactly?'The point is if his dog really died, it would be exactly the same thing. Only he wouldn't know it. I mean he wouldn't wake up till he died himself."
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"For of those to whom much is given, much is required."
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"Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect."
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"To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?"
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"I'm a big believer in therapy. I'm in therapy in real life. I think anytime you can bitch and moan about your own life to someone who really doesn't care that much, and can give you an objective opinion about what you're going through, I think that's valuable."
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"All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books."
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"Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life."
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"A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands."
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