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Living Quotes

"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

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"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

36

"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

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"If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience."

"If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience."

Dave Van Ronk, American Musician

Living, Practice

36

"My parents not only did it for a living, but they were really good at it."

"My parents not only did it for a living, but they were really good at it."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Living, Parents

36

"Whenever I get frustrated, I tell myself, you could be working at a 7-Eleven right now, so never take for granted what you do for a living."

"Whenever I get frustrated, I tell myself, you could be working at a 7-Eleven right now, so never take for granted what you do for a living."

Shannen Doherty, American Actress

Living, Now, Right

36

"I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished."

"I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished."

David Tudor, American Musician

35

"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

35

"Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer."

"Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

Living, Trouble

35

"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

35

"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

35

"Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes."

"Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes."

Marcel Duchamp, French Artist

Living, Question

35

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

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

Grazia Deledda, Italian Writer

35

"The strongest are those who renounce their own times and become a living part of those yet to come. The strongest and the rarest."

"The strongest are those who renounce their own times and become a living part of those yet to come. The strongest and the rarest."

Milovan Djilas, Montenegrin Politician

35

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

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

Matthew Cooper, American Journalist

34

"The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living."

"The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Living, Man, Words

34

"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

34

"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

34

"It took me about eight years to put together the program that I have been living for twenty years."

"It took me about eight years to put together the program that I have been living for twenty years."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

34

"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

34

"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

34

"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

34

"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

33

"The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate."

"The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate."

Ronald Blythe, British Writer

33

"I wouldn't say Malkovich is totally insane, but he's not living in the real world. He's living in his world, which is a fine world to live in apparently."

"I wouldn't say Malkovich is totally insane, but he's not living in the real world. He's living in his world, which is a fine world to live in apparently."

Martha Plimpton, American Model

33

"A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?"

"A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?"

Jane Wagner, American Comedian

Living, Potential

33

"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

33

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

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

Paula Radcliffe, English Athlete

Living, Running

32

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

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

Austin Phelps, American Clergyman

32

"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

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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

31

"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

30

"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

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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

28

"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

28

"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

28

"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

28

"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

27

"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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"He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man."

"He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Living, Man, Memory, Present

26

"He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses."

"He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses."

Horace, Roman Poet

26

"Youth is that period when a young boy knows everything but how to make a living."

"Youth is that period when a young boy knows everything but how to make a living."

Carey Williams, American Author

26

"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

26

"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

25

"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

25

"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

25

"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

25

"The dead governs the living."

"The dead governs the living."

Auguste Comte, French Sociologist

22

"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

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