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Living Quotes

"Teenagers who are never required to vacuum are living in one."

"Teenagers who are never required to vacuum are living in one."

Fred G. Gosman, American Author

Living, Teenagers

5

"I was definitely living fast. I was working, traveling a lot, playing. I didn't stop. It all became unbalanced."

"I was definitely living fast. I was working, traveling a lot, playing. I didn't stop. It all became unbalanced."

Kate Moss, English Model

Living, Traveling

5

"Today the salaries of stars are astronomical in comparison with the 20's, but the high cost of today's living and taxes takes a huge bite out of these salaries."

"Today the salaries of stars are astronomical in comparison with the 20's, but the high cost of today's living and taxes takes a huge bite out of these salaries."

Pola Negri, Polish Actress

Living, Stars, Taxes, Today

5

"Storytelling is not what I do for a living - it is how I do all that I do while I am living."

"Storytelling is not what I do for a living - it is how I do all that I do while I am living."

Donald Davis, American Author

5

"The good die young, because they see it's no use living if you have got to be good."

"The good die young, because they see it's no use living if you have got to be good."

John Barrymore, American Actor

5

"The next thing that happened to me was that I, we, were living in Paris where I then grew up."

"The next thing that happened to me was that I, we, were living in Paris where I then grew up."

Kitty Carlisle, American Musician

5

"For a while I was living in New Orleans for like 4, 5 years. I had just come back to town."

"For a while I was living in New Orleans for like 4, 5 years. I had just come back to town."

Delta Burke, American Actress

5

"I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too."

"I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too."

Mary Douglas, British Scientist

Living, Personality

5

"I had moved out of the Edison Hotel because I couldn't pay the bill and was living at the Lincoln Hotel, where I couldn't pay the bill either, but it was cheaper."

"I had moved out of the Edison Hotel because I couldn't pay the bill and was living at the Lincoln Hotel, where I couldn't pay the bill either, but it was cheaper."

Allan Sherman, American Musician

5

"So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash."

"So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash."

Vince McMahon, American Entertainer

5

"There may be the kinds of things that you may find interesting, but then there's also the practical reality of needing to make a living and this is what you have to choose from."

"There may be the kinds of things that you may find interesting, but then there's also the practical reality of needing to make a living and this is what you have to choose from."

Jeffrey Jones, American Actor

Living, May, Reality

5

"Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living."

"Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living."

Harold MacMillan, English Politician

Living, Tradition

5

"Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book."

"Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book."

Charles Kingsley, English Clergyman

Living, Man, Nothing

5

"For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all."

"For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all."

Lactantius, Roman Author

Living, Right, Teachers

5

"Living in a tower, however secure it may feel, is hardly a social attribute."

"Living in a tower, however secure it may feel, is hardly a social attribute."

Dirk Bogarde, English Actor

5

"Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio."

"Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio."

Sherrod Brown, American Politician

Living, News, Wage

5

"Unless something real cool comes along, I will probably be doing features, so long as I can make a living doing that. Otherwise, I will do another show."

"Unless something real cool comes along, I will probably be doing features, so long as I can make a living doing that. Otherwise, I will do another show."

Danny Masterson, American Actor

4

"I've seldom seen a horny player walk into a bar and not let out exactly what he did for a living."

"I've seldom seen a horny player walk into a bar and not let out exactly what he did for a living."

Johnny Bench, American Athlete

4

"All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more complex than one might have expected."

"All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more complex than one might have expected."

Rudy Rucker, American Scientist

4

"Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing."

"Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing."

Karen Hughes, American Politician

Living, Now, Writing

4

"Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin."

"Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin."

John von Neumann, American Mathematician

Living, Numbers, Sin, State

4

"I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living."

"I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living."

John D. Rockefeller, American Businessman

4

"This substance, which is manifold in its forms and protean in its transformations, has, in its state of living matter, one physiological name which has become familiar, that of protoplasm."

"This substance, which is manifold in its forms and protean in its transformations, has, in its state of living matter, one physiological name which has become familiar, that of protoplasm."

Asa Gray, American Scientist

Living, Name, State

4

"Perhaps the methods I needed to complete the proof would not be invented for a hundred years. So even if I was on the right track, I could be living in the wrong century."

"Perhaps the methods I needed to complete the proof would not be invented for a hundred years. So even if I was on the right track, I could be living in the wrong century."

Andrew Wiles, English Mathematician

Living, Proof, Right, Wrong

4

"Now, I'm the only living member of that group. There was the six of us originally and they're now all gone."

"Now, I'm the only living member of that group. There was the six of us originally and they're now all gone."

Martin Denny, American Musician

4

"You know, I eat, I ate pretty well anyway so, I'm basically living the same, I just curtailed the stupidity."

"You know, I eat, I ate pretty well anyway so, I'm basically living the same, I just curtailed the stupidity."

John Newcombe, Australian Athlete

Living, Pretty, Stupidity

4

"You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof."

"You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof."

Brittany Murphy, American Actress

4

"I don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline."

"I don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline."

Daniel Libeskind, Polish Architect

4

"There is a high cost for low living."

"There is a high cost for low living."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

4

"If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave."

"If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave."

Wayne Dyer, American Psychologist

Living, Obligation, Sense

4

"I mean the whole thing about meditation and yoga is about connecting to the higher part of yourself, and then seeing that every living thing is connected in some way."

"I mean the whole thing about meditation and yoga is about connecting to the higher part of yourself, and then seeing that every living thing is connected in some way."

Gillian Anderson, American Actress

Living, Meditation, Yoga

4

"And living in a metropolitan area which is ethnically diverse, our lives are very complicated, so our emotional experiences are going to be varied like that."

"And living in a metropolitan area which is ethnically diverse, our lives are very complicated, so our emotional experiences are going to be varied like that."

Debbie Harry, American Musician

4

"I wasn't really living anywhere... I was just kinda hanging out. I would live from week to week in places."

"I wasn't really living anywhere... I was just kinda hanging out. I would live from week to week in places."

Bob Livingston, American Politician

4

"There's no point in living in an alternate reality."

"There's no point in living in an alternate reality."

Jessica Cutler, American Author

Living, Reality

4

"I live in New Jersey now, which always gets a bad rap here and there, but I must say, I enjoy living here too."

"I live in New Jersey now, which always gets a bad rap here and there, but I must say, I enjoy living here too."

Paul Muldoon, English Poet

Living, Now, Rap

4

"Living well is the best revenge."

"Living well is the best revenge."

George Herbert, British Poet

Living, Revenge

4

"I don't know how you prepare for something like that. I cannot imagine living in a fishbowl like that. I don't live here so I don't know it will be that bad anyway because I live in Paris and we don't have that sort of phenomenon there. So I don't know, we'll see what happens."

"I don't know how you prepare for something like that. I cannot imagine living in a fishbowl like that. I don't live here so I don't know it will be that bad anyway because I live in Paris and we don't have that sort of phenomenon there. So I don't know, we'll see what happens."

Diane Kruger, German Model

Living, Paris, Will

4

"For anyone who has that calling and is trying also to make a living at it, it is really hard."

"For anyone who has that calling and is trying also to make a living at it, it is really hard."

Julie Gold, American Musician

4

"There is no living with thee, nor without thee."

"There is no living with thee, nor without thee."

Marcus Valerius Martial, Spanish Poet

4

"No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow."

"No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Living, Tomorrow, Will

4

"Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever."

"Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever."

Leo Buscaglia, American Author

4

"It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only they could be seized."

"It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only they could be seized."

Asa Gray, American Scientist

4

"There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live."

"There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live."

John Adams, American President

4

"I sit on my duff, smoke cigarettes and watch TV. I'm not exactly a poster girl for healthy living."

"I sit on my duff, smoke cigarettes and watch TV. I'm not exactly a poster girl for healthy living."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

4

"All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former."

"All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former."

James Madison, American President

4

"Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them."

"Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them."

Macaulay Culkin, American Actor

Living, Old, Want, Years

4

"The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French."

"The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French."

Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician

Living, Paris, Songs

4

"It's important to bring things back from the Space Station because, unlike somebody living at the house where the garbage truck comes by twice a week, they don't have that in space."

"It's important to bring things back from the Space Station because, unlike somebody living at the house where the garbage truck comes by twice a week, they don't have that in space."

Mark Kelly, American Musician

4

"The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you are what you or anybody else knows you are and as everything in living is made up of finding out what you are it is extraordinarily difficult really not to know what you are and yet to be that thing."

"The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you are what you or anybody else knows you are and as everything in living is made up of finding out what you are it is extraordinarily difficult really not to know what you are and yet to be that thing."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

4

"Living at that pitch, on that edge, is something which many poets engage in to some extent."

"Living at that pitch, on that edge, is something which many poets engage in to some extent."

Paul Muldoon, English Poet

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