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"You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens."

"You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens."

Tanya Tucker, American Musician

15

"Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked."

"Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked."

Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian Psychologist

Life, Man, Meaning

15

"I'm laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing."

"I'm laughing because I know the secret of life. And the secret of life is that I have validated my existence. I know that I am worth more than my house, my bank account, or any physical thing."

Carlos Santana, Mexican Musician

Life, Bank account, Existence, Worth

15

"The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit."

"The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit."

Ansel Adams, American Photographer

Life, Spirit, Universe

15

"I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living."

"I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living."

Robert Henri, American Artist

Life, Art, Living

15

"The life of the village became more and more affected by strikes and lock-outs."

"The life of the village became more and more affected by strikes and lock-outs."

John Grierson, British Director

15

"The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests."

"The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests."

Gail Sheehy, American Writer

Life, Leader, Action, Habit

15

"By exercise. I'll tell you one thing, you don't always have to be on the go. I sit around a lot, I read a lot, and I do watch television. But I also work out for two hours every day of my life, even when I'm on the road."

"By exercise. I'll tell you one thing, you don't always have to be on the go. I sit around a lot, I read a lot, and I do watch television. But I also work out for two hours every day of my life, even when I'm on the road."

Jack LaLanne, American Athlete

Life, Work, Day, Exercise

15

"Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented."

"Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented."

Mark Strand, American Poet

15

"Singing is my life. It has always been my life. It will always be my life."

"Singing is my life. It has always been my life. It will always be my life."

Celia Cruz, Cuban Musician

Life, Singing, Will

15

"They'll probably start working on my movie sometime... They are doing a complete movie of my life story. It will not be based on any negativity. It will be more about my life, from a kid, how I came up and why I came through."

"They'll probably start working on my movie sometime... They are doing a complete movie of my life story. It will not be based on any negativity. It will be more about my life, from a kid, how I came up and why I came through."

Ike Turner, American Musician

Life, Negativity, Will

15

"I've had the same breasts for my entire adult life."

"I've had the same breasts for my entire adult life."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

15

"There's a line in the picture where he snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life."

"There's a line in the picture where he snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life."

Marlon Brando, American Actor

15

"Movies are not about the weekend that they're released, and in the grand scheme of things, that's probably the most unimportant time of a film's life."

"Movies are not about the weekend that they're released, and in the grand scheme of things, that's probably the most unimportant time of a film's life."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Life, Movies, Time, Film

15

"I like when my man is worldly, knows the finer things in life, is well traveled, educated. It's important to me that he's able to talk to all types of people, from doctors to dishwashers."

"I like when my man is worldly, knows the finer things in life, is well traveled, educated. It's important to me that he's able to talk to all types of people, from doctors to dishwashers."

Kiana Tom, American Model

Life, People, Doctors, Man

15

"I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit."

"I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

15

"Don't go to the grave with life unused."

"Don't go to the grave with life unused."

Bobby Bowden, American Coach

15

"Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life."

"Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life."

Carolyn Wells, American Author

Life, Age, Fate, Old

15

"Life is God's novel. Let him write it."

"Life is God's novel. Let him write it."

Isaac Bashevis Singer, American Novelist

15

"Design is a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life."

"Design is a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life."

Geoffrey Beene, American Designer

15

"I think life changes every year. This is just a little more comfortable."

"I think life changes every year. This is just a little more comfortable."

Robert Downey, Jr., American Actor

Life, Robert Downey, Jr.

15

"I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress."

"I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress."

Dan Brown, American Author

Life, Work, Progress, Quest

15

"It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play."

"It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play."

Dizzy Gillespie, American Musician

15

"Life is best when you are in love."

"Life is best when you are in love."

Michael Moriarty, American Actor

15

"The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions."

"The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions."

William O. Douglas, American Judge

Life, Purpose, Causes, Decisions

15

"I've never, ever in my life enjoyed playing live the way I am now."

"I've never, ever in my life enjoyed playing live the way I am now."

Richard Marx, American Musician

15

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Henry James, American Writer

Life, Ceremony, Tea

15

"Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world."

"Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world."

Edward Hopper, American Artist

Life, Art, Vision

15

"What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction."

"What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life and I think I'm still suffering from that reaction."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

Life, Movies, American, Suffering

15

"Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life."

"Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life."

Margot Asquith, English Author

15

"Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives."

"Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives."

Viktor E. Frankl, Austrian Psychologist

15

"I mean, the part you don't like, I mean, that's the only part. That's the part no one likes, and that is the criticisms, and the unfair criticisms, I might add, of my husband. But that's also just a fact of life in politics."

"I mean, the part you don't like, I mean, that's the only part. That's the part no one likes, and that is the criticisms, and the unfair criticisms, I might add, of my husband. But that's also just a fact of life in politics."

Laura Bush, American First Lady

Life, Politics, HusbFact

15

"I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life."

"I'm a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life."

Charlotte Gainsbourg, French Actress

15

"I try not to think about my life. I have no life. I need therapy."

"I try not to think about my life. I have no life. I need therapy."

Keanu Reeves, Canadian Actor

15

"There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre."

"There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre."

Harold Pinter, English Dramatist

Life, Politics, Force, Theatre

15

"I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that."

"I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that."

Desmond Dekker, Jamaican Musician

Life, May, Songs, Talking

15

"I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and then go about your life."

"I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and then go about your life."

Patti LuPone, American Musician

Life, Time, Feet

15

"You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim in life should be to die in good health. Just like a candle that burns out."

"You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim in life should be to die in good health. Just like a candle that burns out."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

15

"I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe."

"I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe."

Abigail Adams, American First Lady

Life, Action, Man

15

"I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice."

"I have always considered that choosing a companion for life was a very important affair and that my happyness or misery in this life depended on the choice."

Ezra Cornell, American Businessman

Life, Choice, Misery

15

"Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course."

"Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course."

Alex Trebek, American Entertainer

Life, Importance, Luck

15

"If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America."

"If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America."

John James Audubon, American Scientist

Life, Family, Success, America

15

"It's very easy for me to laugh at myself and laugh at life."

"It's very easy for me to laugh at myself and laugh at life."

Matthew Ashford, American Actor

15

"With all our mastery over the powers of Nature we have adhered to the view that the struggle for existence is a permanent and necessary condition of life."

"With all our mastery over the powers of Nature we have adhered to the view that the struggle for existence is a permanent and necessary condition of life."

Frederick Soddy, English Scientist

Life, Nature, Existence, Struggle

15

"There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?"

"There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?"

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Life, Passion, State

15

"It is not in the world of ideas that life is lived. Life is lived for better or worse in life, and to a man in life, his life can be no more absurd than it can be the opposite of absurd, whatever that opposite may be."

"It is not in the world of ideas that life is lived. Life is lived for better or worse in life, and to a man in life, his life can be no more absurd than it can be the opposite of absurd, whatever that opposite may be."

Archibald MacLeish, American Poet

Life, Ideas, Man, May

15

"They are part of lots of sessions that makeup a hazy part of my session life."

"They are part of lots of sessions that makeup a hazy part of my session life."

Jim Sullivan, English Musician

15

"The best path through life is the highway."

"The best path through life is the highway."

Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher

15

"My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next."

"My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next."

Nora Ephron, American Author

Life, Mother, Day, Potential

15

"My biggest regret in life is that I didn't hit John Denver in the mouth while I has the chance."

"My biggest regret in life is that I didn't hit John Denver in the mouth while I has the chance."

Denis Leary, American Actor

Life, Chance, Regret

15

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