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"My whole life, I always wanted to be an actor."

"My whole life, I always wanted to be an actor."

Keith David, American Actor

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"I don't agree with everything he did in his life, but we're dealing with this Howard Hughes, at this point. And also ultimately the flaw in Howard Hughes, the curse so to speak."

"I don't agree with everything he did in his life, but we're dealing with this Howard Hughes, at this point. And also ultimately the flaw in Howard Hughes, the curse so to speak."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

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"I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful."

"I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful."

Jim Carrey, Canadian Comedian

Life, Alcohol, Drugs

31

"To be a Christian is not a pious pose. It is not a long list of restrictions. Christianity flings open the windows to the real joy of living. Those who have been truly converted to Jesus Christ know the meaning of abundant living."

"To be a Christian is not a pious pose. It is not a long list of restrictions. Christianity flings open the windows to the real joy of living. Those who have been truly converted to Jesus Christ know the meaning of abundant living."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Life, Christian, Cheerfulness, Happiness

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"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

Walter Bagehot, English Author

Life, People, Pleasure

31

"Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt."

"Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Life, Pain, Reality, Acceptance

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"When Rome was at the height of her glory and power, there appeared a disturbing sect called Christians. Because of a fire that burned within them, these people dared to be different . . . they refused to be defiled by the sensual practices of a disintegrating civilization. In a period when human life was cheap, they put a high value upon human beings, their souls, and their destiny. These Christians refused to be absorbed into the godless society of Rome. They had not heard of the rule that we hear today, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

"When Rome was at the height of her glory and power, there appeared a disturbing sect called Christians. Because of a fire that burned within them, these people dared to be different . . . they refused to be defiled by the sensual practices of a disintegrating civilization. In a period when human life was cheap, they put a high value upon human beings, their souls, and their destiny. These Christians refused to be absorbed into the godless society of Rome. They had not heard of the rule that we hear today, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Life, Power, When, Strength

31

"I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband."

"I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband."

Pat Nixon, American First Lady

Life, HusbCareer

31

"Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences."

"Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences."

Freeman Dyson, American Physicist

Life, Technology, Mother, God

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"There are three wants which can never be satisfied: that of the rich who want something more that of the sick who want something different and that of the traveler who says "Anywhere but here.""

"There are three wants which can never be satisfied: that of the rich who want something more that of the sick who want something different and that of the traveler who says "Anywhere but here.""

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Life, Want, Riches, Truth, Sickness

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"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."

"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself."

Henry Miller, American Author

Life, Music, People, Forget

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"For a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my head, all the time, and that usually is my own tune. I've done that all my life."

"For a person as obsessed with music as I am, I always hear a song in the back of my head, all the time, and that usually is my own tune. I've done that all my life."

Bjork, Icelandic Musician

Life, Music, Time, Song

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"People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life."

"People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

Life, People, Leisure, Objectives

30

"Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life."

"Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life."

Cecil Rhodes, British Statesman

30

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."

Jackie Robinson, American Athlete

30

"For a long period in my life - it lasted about 10 years - I had writer's block."

"For a long period in my life - it lasted about 10 years - I had writer's block."

Mary Garden, Scottish Soprano

Life, Writer, Years

30

"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Jesus Christ, Jewish Clergyman

Life, Father, Truth

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"I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have."

"I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have."

Mandy Patinkin, American Actor

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"As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks."

"As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

30

"All the best people in life seem to like LINUX."

"All the best people in life seem to like LINUX."

Steve Wozniak, American Businessman

Life, People, Linux

30

"Your life is your journey. You have to enjoy it because no one can feel or see it for you."

"Your life is your journey. You have to enjoy it because no one can feel or see it for you."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Life, Journey, Enjoyment, Experience

30

"Not knowing anything is the sweetest life."

"Not knowing anything is the sweetest life."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

30

"I look at myself as someone who has been very lucky - my job is also what I enjoy most in the world, and I can make my life doing it."

"I look at myself as someone who has been very lucky - my job is also what I enjoy most in the world, and I can make my life doing it."

Fernando Alonso, Spanish Celebrity

Life, Job, World

30

"Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to."

"Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to."

Greg Anderson, American Athlete

Life, Experience, Love, Wisdom

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"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?"

"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?"

J. B. Priestley, British Writer

Life, Bed, First, Snow, World

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"If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty."

"If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Life, Blame, Poor, Poverty

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"Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life."

"Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life."

Luigi Pirandello, Italian Playwright

Life, Living, Man, Meaning

30

"I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came."

"I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

Life, Nature, Charm

30

"Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be."

"Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be."

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

Life, Madness, May, Sanity

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"For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life."

"For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

30

"I bring to my life a certain amount of mess."

"I bring to my life a certain amount of mess."

Kitty O'Neill Collins, American Stuntwoman

30

"Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position."

"Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Life, Development, Law, Man

30

"There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way."

"There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way."

Christopher Morley, American Author

30

"So many people want to die when all they need is to start living."

"So many people want to die when all they need is to start living."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Life, Death, Living, Motivational

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"In life, as in chess, forethought wins."

"In life, as in chess, forethought wins."

Charles Buxton, English Public Servant

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"Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think."

"Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think."

Adolf Eichmann, German Criminal

Life, Being, Living, Now

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"Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference."

"Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference."

Herbie Hancock, American Musician

Life, Music, Difference

29

"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something."

"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Life, Morality, May

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"Our country is not in crisis; there are no tanks in the streets. No matter what the outcome of the president's situation, life in America will go on. Our lives will continue to be filled with practical matters, not constitutional ones."

"Our country is not in crisis; there are no tanks in the streets. No matter what the outcome of the president's situation, life in America will go on. Our lives will continue to be filled with practical matters, not constitutional ones."

Jennifer Dunn, American Politician

Life, America, Country, Crisis

29

"Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind."

"Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind."

Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher

Life, Time, Love, Haste

29

"If I had done 'Titanic,' it would have made, probably, $200,000 - worldwide. So I think my life would have been very, very similar."

"If I had done 'Titanic,' it would have made, probably, $200,000 - worldwide. So I think my life would have been very, very similar."

Billy Crudup, American Actor

29

"I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty."

"I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty."

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Life, Beauty, Duty

29

"If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself."

"If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself."

Alexandre Dumas, French Dramatist

29

"I have not known of too many people who found Christ on their deathbeds. When we come to Christ in our youth, a life is saved. When we come in old age, a soul is salvaged and life eternal is assured; but the opportunity to live a life for Christ has been lost."

"I have not known of too many people who found Christ on their deathbeds. When we come to Christ in our youth, a life is saved. When we come in old age, a soul is salvaged and life eternal is assured; but the opportunity to live a life for Christ has been lost."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Life, Christ, When, Philosophy

29

"Death is a common destination."

"Death is a common destination."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Life, Death, Destination, Common, Inevitable

29

"There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that."

"There's something magical about putting yourself into life. You've got to stand up and take responsibility for your own life and you cannot abandon that."

Bill Kurtis, American Journalist

Life, Responsibility

29

"Life is one long struggle in the dark."

"Life is one long struggle in the dark."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

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"You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble."

"You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble."

Charles Olson, American Poet

Life, People, Help, Poems

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"Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world."

"Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world."

Robert Kennedy, American Politician

Life, Man, World, Years

29

"The message of transformation and how we all can live from our heart, not just from our head, was a very important message for me to learn in my own life."

"The message of transformation and how we all can live from our heart, not just from our head, was a very important message for me to learn in my own life."

Judith Light, American Actress

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