Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes
All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.
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I want to try everything.
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Photoshop should be a free-to-play game. There's not really a difference between very traditional apps and how they enhance productivity and wandering around a forest and killing bears.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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When I cook a meal, I like to serve things one by one and keep them separate. I get that from my father - he's such a purist. Some people even put their desserts on the main plate. It's just wrong.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
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I have never written a line of commercial code in my life. Nor should I.
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'Sesame Street's' genius lies in finding gentle ways to talk about hard things - death, divorce, danger - in terms that children understand and accept.
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I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.
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I wanted to get out in the world, have a great job, make my mark, and see how far I could go. And I wanted to make good on the philosophy my mother drilled into us with all the subtlety of a Lady Gaga performance. I got it loud and clear. I would need to succeed, and then I could possibly be happy.
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In terms of me being a Christian, going to Israel was really cool. Going to the West Bank, Bethlehem, floating in the Dead Sea - that was great for me.
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A Christianity that is in conflict with the Scriptures isn't Christianity at all.
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Most of those takes were one take. I made those records in three minutes. I didn't have time to get nervous or scared the first time I sang it. It was all 'live' and I enjoyed it so much.
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To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.
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All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.
