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"My life's experiences, I've always had, my uncle used to call it antenna. I know what's going to happen oftentimes before it happened when it's involving me."

"My life's experiences, I've always had, my uncle used to call it antenna. I know what's going to happen oftentimes before it happened when it's involving me."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

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"The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy."

"The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy."

George C. Williams, American Scientist

Life, Policy, Decisions, Help

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"Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things we are capable of, that we could be or do. The potentialities are so great that we never, any of us, are more than one-fourth fulfilled."

"Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things we are capable of, that we could be or do. The potentialities are so great that we never, any of us, are more than one-fourth fulfilled."

Katherine Anne Porter, American Journalist

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"When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of which I had thought about, some of which I had sort of stumbled on, and many that I had no control over whatsoever."

"When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of which I had thought about, some of which I had sort of stumbled on, and many that I had no control over whatsoever."

Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese Author

Life, Thought, Control, Decisions

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"To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt."

"To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

Life, Dignity, Instinct, Vitality

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"Even without wars, life is dangerous."

"Even without wars, life is dangerous."

Anne Sexton, American Poet

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"How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?"

"How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?"

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

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"Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them."

"Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them."

Paul Gauguin, French Artist

Life, Virtue, Evil, Meaning

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"I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and a bit alien to me."

"I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and a bit alien to me."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

Life, Work, Idea

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"The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh."

"The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh."

John Owen, English Theologian

Life, Power, Comfort, Deeds

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"Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young."

"Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Life, Age, Success, Old

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"By the time I was 8 years old, sports had pretty much taken over my life."

"By the time I was 8 years old, sports had pretty much taken over my life."

Michael Bergin, American Actor

Life, Sports, Time, Old

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"Basically, all my life I'd been told you can't do that because you're female. So I guess I just didn't pay any attention. I just went ahead and did what I could and then, when the stars aligned, I was ready."

"Basically, all my life I'd been told you can't do that because you're female. So I guess I just didn't pay any attention. I just went ahead and did what I could and then, when the stars aligned, I was ready."

Shannon Lucid, American Astronaut

Life, Attention, Stars

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"Just because you're scarred for life doesn't mean you should be scared to live."

"Just because you're scarred for life doesn't mean you should be scared to live."

Brian Celio, American Novelist

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"I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life."

"I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life."

LaToya Jackson, American Musician

Life, Control, Parents

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"He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life."

"He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life."

William Law, English Clergyman

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"Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him."

"Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him."

Philip James Bailey, English Poet

Life, God, Thought, Thoughts

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"The reward of eternal life requires effort."

"The reward of eternal life requires effort."

Thomas S. Monson, American Clergyman

Life, Effort, Reward

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"I remember the day tDr. King died. I wasn't angry at the beginning. It was like something very personal in my life had been touched and finished."

"I remember the day tDr. King died. I wasn't angry at the beginning. It was like something very personal in my life had been touched and finished."

Lena Horne, American Actress

Life, Beginning, Day

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"The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves."

"The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves."

Wally Lamb, American Author

Life, Design, May

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"I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life."

"I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life."

Charlie Haden, American Musician

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"One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist."

"One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist."

Andres Serrano, American Photographer

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"When we love anyone with our whole hearts, life begins when we are with that person; it is only in their company that we are really and truly alive."

"When we love anyone with our whole hearts, life begins when we are with that person; it is only in their company that we are really and truly alive."

William Barclay, Scottish Theologian

Life, Love, Company

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"If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions."

"If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions."

Hans Selye, Canadian Scientist

Life, Focus, Want

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"I have walked away from friendships when I've realized that someone smiles to someone's face and talks about them the minute they walk out of a room. I have no room in my life for that kind of negative energy anymore."

"I have walked away from friendships when I've realized that someone smiles to someone's face and talks about them the minute they walk out of a room. I have no room in my life for that kind of negative energy anymore."

Sophia Bush, American Actress

Life, Negative, Energy, Smiles

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"The conscience of the dying belies their life."

"The conscience of the dying belies their life."

Luc de Clapier, French Novelist

Life, Conscience, Dying

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"They have the ability to take a person's freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person's reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take a person's life."

"They have the ability to take a person's freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person's reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take a person's life."

Daryl Gates, American Public Servant

Life, Ability, Authority, Circumstances

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"I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying there's nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. There's a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear of."

"I went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying there's nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. There's a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear of."

Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

Life, Change, Time, People

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"My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to."

"My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to."

Dan Fogelberg, American Musician

Life, Artist, Want

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"Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best."

"Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best."

Michael Johnson, American Athlete

Life, Work, Opportunity, Being

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"The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research."

"The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research."

Joshua Leonard, American Actor

Life, Character, Circumstances, Connection

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"I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one's work."

"I believe there are two periods in life, one for the bike, the other for becoming active on one's work."

Bernard Hinault, French Athlete

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"I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that I wanted to share with more people."

"I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that I wanted to share with more people."

George Takei, American Actor

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"I'd like to do voiceovers my whole life. I get to kind of create a character and go in and play."

"I'd like to do voiceovers my whole life. I get to kind of create a character and go in and play."

Will Friedle, American Actor

Life, Character, Play

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"There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him."

"There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him."

Antonin Artaud, French Dramatist

Life, Genius, People, Idea

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"I've had a normal life, but I have struggled to get here. It hasn't been handed to me and it hasn't been easy."

"I've had a normal life, but I have struggled to get here. It hasn't been handed to me and it hasn't been easy."

Ashley Tisdale, American Actress

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"As I look back over my life, before I had any real identity, I was a traveler. I grew up an Army brat, a runaway, an activist, and a musician. All my life I've been traveling."

"As I look back over my life, before I had any real identity, I was a traveler. I grew up an Army brat, a runaway, an activist, and a musician. All my life I've been traveling."

Michelle Shocked, American Musician

Life, Army, Identity, Traveling

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"In order to represent life on the stage, we must rub elbows with life, live ourselves."

"In order to represent life on the stage, we must rub elbows with life, live ourselves."

Marie Dressler, American Actress

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"The genuine artist is never "true to life." He sees what is real, but not as we are normally aware of it. We do not go storming through life like actors in a play. Art is never real life."

"The genuine artist is never "true to life." He sees what is real, but not as we are normally aware of it. We do not go storming through life like actors in a play. Art is never real life."

Wallace Stevens, American Poet

Life, Art, Actors, Artist

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"Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt on a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of a life experience."

"Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt on a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of a life experience."

Chuck Close, American Artist

Life, Experience, Time, Painting

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"Timing in life is everything."

"Timing in life is everything."

Leonard Maltin, American Critic

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"If my life had to be a song I would name it, 'Live every day like its your best day ever', because it pretty much is."

"If my life had to be a song I would name it, 'Live every day like its your best day ever', because it pretty much is."

Haley Reinhart, American Musician

Life, Day, Name, Pretty

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"So long as you are ready to die for humanity, the life of your country is immortal."

"So long as you are ready to die for humanity, the life of your country is immortal."

Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian Activist

Life, Country, Humanity

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"We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us."

"We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us."

Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist

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"We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true North."

"We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true North."

Elizabeth Dole, American Politician

Life, Soul, Possibility, Dignity

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"Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I just thought that that was my real life. Steve was definitely more ambitious than I."

"Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I just thought that that was my real life. Steve was definitely more ambitious than I."

Eydie Gorme, American Musician

Life, Thought, Ambition, Children

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"I don't like to make my life like a book."

"I don't like to make my life like a book."

Marc Newson, Australian Designer

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"I've never seen the Osbournes, I've never seen Paris Hilton. I'd rather read than watch reality TV. I'd rather live life than watch somebody else living it."

"I've never seen the Osbournes, I've never seen Paris Hilton. I'd rather read than watch reality TV. I'd rather live life than watch somebody else living it."

Al Jourgensen, Cuban Musician

Life, Living, Paris, Reality

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"I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by."

"I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by."

Beck, American Musician

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"I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land."

"I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

Life, Father, Grave, Land

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