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Living Quotes

"We are living in a world that is beyond controllability."

"We are living in a world that is beyond controllability."

Ulrich Beck, German Sociologist

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"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."

"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

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"Are you living for the things you are praying for?"

"Are you living for the things you are praying for?"

Austin Phelps, American Clergyman

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"A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects."

"A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects."

Edna Ferber, American Novelist

Living, Longevity, Man, Potential

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"Mourn for me rather as living than as dead."

"Mourn for me rather as living than as dead."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"Living in a small town, I knew everybody and everybody knew me."

"Living in a small town, I knew everybody and everybody knew me."

Anna Nicole Smith, American Model

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"Unfortunately, I'm not a person that's always capable of living up to the Boy Scout philosophy."

"Unfortunately, I'm not a person that's always capable of living up to the Boy Scout philosophy."

Stanley Crouch, American Critic

Living, Philosophy

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"When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I'd think, that'll be good, that'll be a good spot for me when I'm homeless."

"When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I'd think, that'll be good, that'll be a good spot for me when I'm homeless."

Larry David, American Actor

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"To live is shared by all, but not to be worthy of living."

"To live is shared by all, but not to be worthy of living."

Aurelius Prudentius, Roman Poet

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"I guess we'd be living in a boring, perfect world if everybody wished everybody else well."

"I guess we'd be living in a boring, perfect world if everybody wished everybody else well."

Jennifer Aniston, American Actress

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"It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly."

"It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Living, Possessions

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"A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed."

"A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Living, Man, Military, Service

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"This field is not necessarily glamorous, nor does it often produce immediate results, but it seeks to increase our basic understanding of living processes."

"This field is not necessarily glamorous, nor does it often produce immediate results, but it seeks to increase our basic understanding of living processes."

Aaron Klug, British Physicist

Living, Results, Understanding

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"When all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?'I decided I'm going to live---or at least try to live---the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure."

"When all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?'I decided I'm going to live---or at least try to live---the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Living, Life, Courage, Humor, Dignity

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"It was the closest to purgatory that I've ever experienced while I've been living."

"It was the closest to purgatory that I've ever experienced while I've been living."

Dave Thomas, American Businessman

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"Well actually, some weeks they'll write that I'm jealous of living in her shadow. Then other weeks, they'll write that all I want to do is loaf around on her money! It's ridiculous!"

"Well actually, some weeks they'll write that I'm jealous of living in her shadow. Then other weeks, they'll write that all I want to do is loaf around on her money! It's ridiculous!"

Ryan Phillippe, American Actor

Living, Shadow, Want

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"How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers."

"How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers."

Cecil Frank Powell, British Physicist

Living, Names, Teachers

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"We are living longer, and we need to live better."

"We are living longer, and we need to live better."

Donna Shalala, American Public Servant

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"Born in a cellar... and living in a garret."

"Born in a cellar... and living in a garret."

Samuel Foote, English Dramatist

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"Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles for living."

"Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles for living."

Jamie Foxx, American Actor

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"I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid."

"I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid."

Paris Hilton, American Celebrity

Living, Proof, Want

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"Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living."

"Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living."

Emily Bronte, English Novelist

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"We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive."

"We're probably a couple of freaks who've created their own little universe, are living in our own little world and that's the only place where we can survive."

Stephen Malkmus, American Musician

Living, Universe, World

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"Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves."

"Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves."

Francis Schaeffer, American Theologian

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"It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast."

"It might be arrogant to think that we're the only living creations in all of the solar systems that there are. Space is so vast."

Jeri Ryan, American Actress

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"An empty canvas is a living wonder... far lovelier than certain pictures."

"An empty canvas is a living wonder... far lovelier than certain pictures."

Wassily Kandinsky, Russian Artist

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"It's absolutely fine to think of new ways of doing things, and I'm not just asking for the traditional reporter to look into our living rooms night after night."

"It's absolutely fine to think of new ways of doing things, and I'm not just asking for the traditional reporter to look into our living rooms night after night."

Jonathan Dimbleby, British Writer

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"I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972."

"I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972."

Sam Waterston, American Actor

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"To me, there is spirit in a reed. It's a living thing, a weed, really, and it does contain spirit of a sort. It's really an ancient vibration."

"To me, there is spirit in a reed. It's a living thing, a weed, really, and it does contain spirit of a sort. It's really an ancient vibration."

Steve Lacy, American Musician

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"We're living proof that nice guys always finish last."

"We're living proof that nice guys always finish last."

Matthew Cooper, American Journalist

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"I'll never get used to living without Mo, but the painful things that surround what happened to him aren't so painful any more-not so raw or so new."

"I'll never get used to living without Mo, but the painful things that surround what happened to him aren't so painful any more-not so raw or so new."

Robin Gibb, English Musician

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"We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part."

"We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with the fragments that pop up to the surface, having no notion of the beautiful structures of which they were once a part."

Allan Bloom, American Philosopher

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"In Paris, it used to feel like you were living in a museum. As beautiful as it was, it's still limited. But here you have just everything."

"In Paris, it used to feel like you were living in a museum. As beautiful as it was, it's still limited. But here you have just everything."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

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"What I did for a living for so many years separated who I was from what I did."

"What I did for a living for so many years separated who I was from what I did."

Christy Turlington, American Model

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"The choice to avoid risk is the choice to avoid living, and to avoid living is one of the greatest risk of all."

"The choice to avoid risk is the choice to avoid living, and to avoid living is one of the greatest risk of all."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Living, Risk, Truth, Power, Inspirational

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"Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt."

"Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt."

Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Statesman

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"Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world."

"Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

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"I guess we're living in a pretty sensitive world and there's nothing you can do about that."

"I guess we're living in a pretty sensitive world and there's nothing you can do about that."

Dominic Monaghan, Irish Actor

Living, Nothing, Pretty, World

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"When we got down from the ambulances there were sharp cracks about us as bursts of shrapnel splashed down upon the Town Hall square. Dead soldiers lay outside and I glanced at them coldly. We were in search of the living."

"When we got down from the ambulances there were sharp cracks about us as bursts of shrapnel splashed down upon the Town Hall square. Dead soldiers lay outside and I glanced at them coldly. We were in search of the living."

Philip Gibbs, British Journalist

Living, Soldiers

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"Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?"

"Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?"

Jackie Kennedy, American First Lady

Living, President

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"I was just thinking of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe and how young they were when they died. I would like to be a pop icon who survives. I would like to be a living icon."

"I was just thinking of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe and how young they were when they died. I would like to be a pop icon who survives. I would like to be a living icon."

John Travolta, American Actor

Living, Thinking

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"You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living."

"You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living."

Casey Stengel, American Athlete

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"I lived in the studio apartment that I bought for four years before I bought it in 1989, so I was already in it. I began living there in 1985, so I've had the same address and phone number since then."

"I lived in the studio apartment that I bought for four years before I bought it in 1989, so I was already in it. I began living there in 1985, so I've had the same address and phone number since then."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

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"I normally live in Los Angeles, if you can call it normal living."

"I normally live in Los Angeles, if you can call it normal living."

Steven Morrissey, English Musician

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"A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted."

"A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted."

C. S. Forester, English Novelist

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"Now, wages in the automobile industry are made up of two components, what we call base rates and the cost of living factor which is fed in by the operation of the escalator."

"Now, wages in the automobile industry are made up of two components, what we call base rates and the cost of living factor which is fed in by the operation of the escalator."

Leonard Woodcock, American Celebrity

Living, Now, Wages

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"The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart."

"The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart."

W. C. Fields, American Comedian

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"It's been a misery for me, living with Christine Keeler."

"It's been a misery for me, living with Christine Keeler."

Christine Keeler, English Model

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"All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I've achieved since then is above and beyond."

"All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I've achieved since then is above and beyond."

Shania Twain, Canadian Musician

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"I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living."

"I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living."

Alan Hovhaness, American Composer

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