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"I also like flyfishing - maybe I would have figured a way to make a living out of that?"

"I also like flyfishing - maybe I would have figured a way to make a living out of that?"

Nigel Dennis, British Writer

10

"We later moved to Rome, where I am presently living."

"We later moved to Rome, where I am presently living."

Grazia Deledda, Italian Writer

10

"Working is living to me."

"Working is living to me."

Mikhail Baryshnikov, American Dancer

10

"I believe in living today. Not in yesterday, nor in tomorrow."

"I believe in living today. Not in yesterday, nor in tomorrow."

Loretta Young, American Actress

Living, Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday

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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

9

"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

9

"I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement."

"I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement."

Donald Trump, American Businessman

9

"I am more of a New Yorker than ever and just actually, sometimes I fantasize about living somewhere else, where it's maybe not quite so crowded or stressful, blah, blah, blah and after September 11th, I guess I could just not imagine living anywhere else."

"I am more of a New Yorker than ever and just actually, sometimes I fantasize about living somewhere else, where it's maybe not quite so crowded or stressful, blah, blah, blah and after September 11th, I guess I could just not imagine living anywhere else."

Sigourney Weaver, American Actress

9

"I like finishing a movie and having this living, breathing thing."

"I like finishing a movie and having this living, breathing thing."

Dean Cain, American Actor

9

"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

9

"To substitute Scripture for the self-revealing Spirit is to put the dead letter in the place of the living Word."

"To substitute Scripture for the self-revealing Spirit is to put the dead letter in the place of the living Word."

Sebastian Franck, German Theologian

Living, Scripture, Self, Spirit

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"I can't imagine living and not running."

"I can't imagine living and not running."

Paula Radcliffe, English Athlete

Living, Running

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"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

9

"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

9

"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

9

"I do what I did as a hobby as a kid, you know, and make a living at it. And I just feel like I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world 'cuz I get paid to make toys and play with them."

"I do what I did as a hobby as a kid, you know, and make a living at it. And I just feel like I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world 'cuz I get paid to make toys and play with them."

Rick Baker, American Inventor

Living, Play, World

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"The most important phase of living with a person is respect for that person as an individual."

"The most important phase of living with a person is respect for that person as an individual."

Millicent Carey McIntosh, American Educator

Living, Respect

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"I'm tired of living in a police state."

"I'm tired of living in a police state."

L. Neil Smith, American Writer

Living, Police, State

9

"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

9

"Are you happy to be living back in Fairbanks again?"

"Are you happy to be living back in Fairbanks again?"

William Allen Egan, American Politician

9

"Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees."

"Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees."

Paul Strand, American Photographer

Living, Photography

9

"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

9

"If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it."

"If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it."

Thelma Ritter, American Actress

Living, Saying, Woman

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"I don't think that's changed at all. I think there are a thousand stocks out there that could make you rich, totally independent of what you do for a living."

"I don't think that's changed at all. I think there are a thousand stocks out there that could make you rich, totally independent of what you do for a living."

Jim Cramer, American Businessman

8

"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

8

"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

8

"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

8

"I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could have given a logical reason for it ever becoming possible to do so."

"I had always intended to make a living out of playing blues. But I never admitted it to myself. I don't suppose I could have given a logical reason for it ever becoming possible to do so."

Alexis Korner, English Musician

8

"I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that."

"I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that."

Barbara Feldon, American Actress

8

"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

8

"I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are useless; at last I am living in the scintillating splendor of the stars, each of which used to seem to me as large as millions of suns."

"I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are useless; at last I am living in the scintillating splendor of the stars, each of which used to seem to me as large as millions of suns."

Jules Massenet, French Composer

Living, Occupations, Poor, Stars

8

"I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York."

"I finally decided if I was going to make a living, I was gonna have to come to New York."

Mose Allison, American Musician

8

"A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it."

"A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it."

Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher

Living, Multiplicity

8

"I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all's said and done, there's really very little one can do about a lot of things. You just accept them. The point is you just have to keep on working and you just have to keep on living."

"I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all's said and done, there's really very little one can do about a lot of things. You just accept them. The point is you just have to keep on working and you just have to keep on living."

Jim Dine, American Artist

8

"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

8

"To dream the future is much more better than to regret the past.But the best of all, to live in the present life with all of your power."

"To dream the future is much more better than to regret the past.But the best of all, to live in the present life with all of your power."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Living, Future, Power, Truth, Inspirational

8

"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

7

"Ideologies do not map the complete living processes of a World."

"Ideologies do not map the complete living processes of a World."

William Irwin Thompson, American Philosopher

7

"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

7

"Traditions are imploding and exploding everywhere - everything is coming together, for better or worse, and we can no longer pretend we're all living in different worlds because we're on different continents."

"Traditions are imploding and exploding everywhere - everything is coming together, for better or worse, and we can no longer pretend we're all living in different worlds because we're on different continents."

Philip Glass, American Composer

Living, Traditions

7

"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

7

"Living in the fishbowl is hard enough without worrying about a Secret Service that can't keep mum."

"Living in the fishbowl is hard enough without worrying about a Secret Service that can't keep mum."

Eleanor Clift, American Journalist

Living, Service

7

"Most Sunday magazines, with the New York Times as an exception, are kind of sleepy, weekend service vehicles to move living room products."

"Most Sunday magazines, with the New York Times as an exception, are kind of sleepy, weekend service vehicles to move living room products."

David Talbot, American Journalist

Living, Service, Weekend

7

"I've never considered myself to be working for a living; I've enjoyed myself for a living instead."

"I've never considered myself to be working for a living; I've enjoyed myself for a living instead."

John Mills, British Actor

6

"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

6

"The dead governs the living."

"The dead governs the living."

Auguste Comte, French Sociologist

6

"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

6

"I'm Andrea Thompson, and unless you've been living in a cave, you probably already know that."

"I'm Andrea Thompson, and unless you've been living in a cave, you probably already know that."

Andrea Thompson, American Actress

6

"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

6

"All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible."

"All living souls welcome whatever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

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