Philip K. Dick Quotes
It sounds like they’re saying passive life is good, he thought. But there is no such thing as passive life. That’s a contradiction.
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I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
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It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
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My whole life is a theater piece.
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When you know that people know who you are, you are always working - and not the work you want to do. You are sort of performing, because you know they are looking - or at least glancing - at you.
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After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.
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And we broadcast tapes sent to us from Americans against the war. These were most effective I believe.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is.
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I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
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Since ancient times, people from throughout Asia have brought to Japan their talents, knowledge and energy, helping to lay the basis for Japan's existence as a country.
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We must restore faith in politics. Reform of the House of Lords is only one part of the answer, but it is a vital one.
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Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the most thrilling emotions which the human heart may experience.
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I have never played a game in my life.
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The power of the human spirit inspires me. Movies, books, stories, people, anything that reminds us that we are more than just this physical body and our capacity for love and courage can bend reality.
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It sounds like they’re saying passive life is good, he thought. But there is no such thing as passive life. That’s a contradiction.
