Phil Ochs Quotes
Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make the attempt. That's morality, that's religion, that's art, that's life.Phil Ochs
Quotes to Explore
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
Mac Thornberry -
You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
Francesca Annis -
I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.
Zubin Mehta -
Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
Ralph Marston -
A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson -
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
B. C. Forbes -
I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
O. J. Simpson -
Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
Nadia Comaneci -
I will say I am the sum of my books.
V. S. Naipaul -
I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
Jack Reynor
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
J. Edgar Hoover -
Working in a bar was a horrific idea for me.
Patrick deWitt -
The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
Samantha Morton -
If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
D. B. Sweeney -
After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
Gabriel Medina -
It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition.
Caleb Cushing
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Girls' education is a human right. And along with its fundamental justice, it promises so much for the individual, for her family, for society, for all of us.
Ann Cotton -
People cannot win against their loneliness because loneliness is this world’s worst kind of pain.
Masashi Kishimoto -
I lost my father when I was 13 years old. He was a great man, my father, and very intelligent. I love him very much. I believe it's very important that parents have a personal connection with their children. It helps kids feel more secure, have a feeling of family, makes them feel loved.
Preity Zinta -
Having a biopic made is very flattering.
Cilla Black -
Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make the attempt. That's morality, that's religion, that's art, that's life.
Phil Ochs