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"My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn't imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a guitar player first of all because I started off as a singer."
George Benson
"My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn't imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a guitar player first of all because I started off as a singer."
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"Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need."
Jesse Owens
"Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need."
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"I expect that any day now, I will have said all I have to say; I'll have used up all my characters, and then I'll be free to get on with my real life."
Anne Tyler
"I expect that any day now, I will have said all I have to say; I'll have used up all my characters, and then I'll be free to get on with my real life."
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"Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively."
Larry King
"Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively."
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"So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things that people go through in life."
Jackson Browne
"So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things that people go through in life."
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"I just did not discuss my personal life, my sexuality with the media. That was my policy."
Greg Louganis
"I just did not discuss my personal life, my sexuality with the media. That was my policy."
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"I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions of life."
John Astin
"I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions of life."
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"Service is what life is all about."
Marian Wright Edelman
"Service is what life is all about."
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"Don't ignore the past, but deal with it, on your own pace. Once you deal with it, you are free of it; and you are free to embrace your life and be a happy loving person because if you don't, the past will come back to haunt and keep coming back to haunt you."
Boris Kodjoe
"Don't ignore the past, but deal with it, on your own pace. Once you deal with it, you are free of it; and you are free to embrace your life and be a happy loving person because if you don't, the past will come back to haunt and keep coming back to haunt you."
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"When contrasted with the much longer time that life has been present, the course of Christianity thus far is but a brief moment."
Kenneth Scott Latourette
"When contrasted with the much longer time that life has been present, the course of Christianity thus far is but a brief moment."
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"Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for."
Dag Hammarskjold
"Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for."
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"Kubrick's films have life - they just never die."
R. Lee Ermey
"Kubrick's films have life - they just never die."
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"If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work."
Bruce Jenner
"If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work."
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"There's so much talk about the drug generation and songs about drugs. That's stupid. They aren't songs about drugs; they're about life."
Cass Elliot
"There's so much talk about the drug generation and songs about drugs. That's stupid. They aren't songs about drugs; they're about life."
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"I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is."
Martina Navratilova
"I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is."
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"When you retire, it's a place in life, a part of the journey. You just don't quit work; you develop an attitude where you can do what you please."
Tom T. Hall
"When you retire, it's a place in life, a part of the journey. You just don't quit work; you develop an attitude where you can do what you please."
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"Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets."
Naomi Watts
"Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets."
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"Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm."
Jean Paul
"Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm."
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"Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference."
Virginia Satir
"Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference."
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"To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?"
Edith Wharton
"To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?"
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"In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life."
Sarah Vowell
"In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life."
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"I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me."
Loretta Lynn
"I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me."
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"An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer."
Sarah Ban Breathnach
"An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer."
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"This is the first time in my life I've had hair this short. It's always been down to my waist. I can't hide behind my hair any more."
Melissa Joan Hart
"This is the first time in my life I've had hair this short. It's always been down to my waist. I can't hide behind my hair any more."
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"Traditional investment vehicles such as IRAs, CDs, stocks and bonds do have their place, but for the rich, they are used more as temporary storage facilities rather than life-long homes."
Bo Bennett
"Traditional investment vehicles such as IRAs, CDs, stocks and bonds do have their place, but for the rich, they are used more as temporary storage facilities rather than life-long homes."
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"There are very few dance companies in the world and you have to be phenomenal. You have to not be injured. You have to have a really strong mind to deal with the dance world. People who can do it are amazing to me. You cannot have a life outside of dance."
Neve Campbell
"There are very few dance companies in the world and you have to be phenomenal. You have to not be injured. You have to have a really strong mind to deal with the dance world. People who can do it are amazing to me. You cannot have a life outside of dance."
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"In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes."
Thorstein Veblen
"In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes."
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"I've had hard coaches all my life."
Chris Webber
"I've had hard coaches all my life."
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"I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist."
Leslie Fiedler
"I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist."
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"I mean I don't really think about it. You know, do you know what I often say to myself? I think you're very lucky in life if you know what you want to do."
Andrew Lloyd Webber
"I mean I don't really think about it. You know, do you know what I often say to myself? I think you're very lucky in life if you know what you want to do."
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"We must seek the loving-kindness of God in all the breadth and open-air of common life."
George A. Smith
"We must seek the loving-kindness of God in all the breadth and open-air of common life."
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"The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism."
Arthur Miller
"The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism."
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"Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what we are and, no doubt, it is all very good for us!"
Knut Hamsun
"Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what we are and, no doubt, it is all very good for us!"
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"One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me."
Bill Ford
"One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me."
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"Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life."
Tony Curtis
"Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life."
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"The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself."
Jessica Savitch
"The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself."
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"I am perhaps a late follower of Zoroaster and I believe that the foundation of life is built upon the struggle between the two opposing forces of Good and Evil."
Eugenio Montale
"I am perhaps a late follower of Zoroaster and I believe that the foundation of life is built upon the struggle between the two opposing forces of Good and Evil."
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"Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that."
Walter Matthau
"Every actor looks all his life for a part that will combine his talents with his personality... 'The Odd Couple' was mine. That was the plutonium I needed. It all started happening after that."
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"The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?"
Ronnie James Dio
"The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?"
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"Life itself is a school, and Nature always a fresh study."
Hugh Miller
"Life itself is a school, and Nature always a fresh study."
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"But on the other hand I believe I'm a private person too, and I enjoy that aspect of my life as well."
Beau Bridges
"But on the other hand I believe I'm a private person too, and I enjoy that aspect of my life as well."
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"I learned a valuable life lesson that summer. You should find something in life that you really enjoy and seriously consider making that your life's work."
Jim Evans
"I learned a valuable life lesson that summer. You should find something in life that you really enjoy and seriously consider making that your life's work."
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"I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say."
Ingrid Bergman
"I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say."
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"Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose."
Lynn Davies
"Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose."
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"My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain."
Tony Robbins
"My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain."
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"Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes."
Hugh Prather
"Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes."
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"Our whole life is solving puzzles."
Erno Rubik
"Our whole life is solving puzzles."
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"Often in life those seemingly ordinary moments hold the most extraordinary meaning."
Ken Poirot
"Often in life those seemingly ordinary moments hold the most extraordinary meaning."
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"People with no humor, they're outta my life."
Patti LaBelle
"People with no humor, they're outta my life."
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"Age is a hell of a price to pay for wisdom."
George Carlin
"Age is a hell of a price to pay for wisdom."
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