Bliss Carman Quotes
There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.
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I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
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We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.
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Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself.
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A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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I was looking for what was coming from a man's soul and a man's conviction. I didn't care about his past. If it was innate and natural and felt good to him and it communicated.
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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
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Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.
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I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
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Hair wax is my go-to. When it comes to shampoo, I use whatever is at the rink.
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I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.
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Thus, in general, in the first instance, the direction of interest in empirical fact will be canalised by the logical structure of the theoretical system.
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When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.
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I'm painting the paintings that I want to see in museums. And I'm hopefully presenting them in a way that's universal enough that they become representative of something different than just a black body on a canvas.
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My public in Guadalajara and the people from Guadalajara, they've supported me since day one.
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Basketball was always my sport. It just took me until my second year of college for me to realize that I was a better baseball player than a basketball player. But basketball was always my number one love. Finally found out I was better at baseball and chose to pursue that route.
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There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.
