Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes
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As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write and perform, in terms of your own music. So a way of evolving a guitar style as a songwriter is much easier, I think, than developing a true style of your own just from listening to music or playing other people's music.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
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I know how to make a record that commercial radio or Triple J will smash now... It's kind of hard to stay true and write what you would write if you didn't have that in your head. Because I know I can get way more airplay and get this much bigger... and that's what I'm trying to avoid doing. Trying to avoid the poisons of success.
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I love watching great TV, whether it's to educate myself more on my craft or to just simply be entertained.
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I'd rather have people really be able to step back and get their money's worth and look at me as a true artist than somebody who is just regurgitating other material.
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True love bears all, endures all and triumphs!
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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The one thing that's going to get you through this business is having strong roots, being grounded and knowing what is true.
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The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.
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Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
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Competing in London would be a dream come true.
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I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South.
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'Planet Earth' was such an extraordinary series and the 'Making Of'... is fascinating: the creatures and stories behind the camera are just as fascinating as those in front. It's a bit of a dream come true to be a part of the team in some small way.
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It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to the benefit of local people.
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There's always been that theory that if a candidate can't run a decent campaign, he probably can't run a decent presidency. That might be true, although sadly I must admit that running a brilliant campaign does not translate into running a brilliant White House.
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To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.
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In 'Power Play', Finder uses the thriller structure to make pointed observations about gender in the workplace, the corporate caste system, and the true nature of risk in the global business environment.
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The essence of all religions is love, compassion and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. No matter whether you are learned or not, whether you believe in the next life or not, whether you believe in God or Buddha or some other religion or not, in day-to-day life you must be a kind person.
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I am Damian Lewis, not Daniel Day-Lewis.
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Yoga is the one L.A. thing I actually like.
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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To me, there's a lot more bottom and 'dirt' with vinyl. When I say dirt, it's good dirt. You need that raw sound in the clubs. To me, a CD is too clean.
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Don't be 'consistent', but be simply true.
