W. Clement Stone Quotes
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There is no must in art because art is free.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.
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I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never have imagined the career that I've had with the Foo Fighters - playing stadiums and having songs on the radio. It's amazing, and my goal is really just to carry on playing.
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There's no problem with fans and bands. There's a problem with the economics of the outside disruption of the industry.
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I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
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It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.
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You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.
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I can't stand reading anything that I've said.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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There's something nice and intimate about having a book. You know that someone's actually gone on this journey. You know that someone has actually researched and reported all these things. You can see and hear their tone in what they chosen to include and what they haven't.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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I love boliche, roasted pig, and black beans and rice. When I need a quick fix, I head to Cafe Cortadito on Avenue B and 3rd here in New York City.
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Like the Britain of Beaverbrook and Kipling, Japan in the early twentieth century was a jingoistic nation, subduing weaker countries with the help of populist politicians and sensationalist journalism.
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The movie medium will eventually take its place as art because there is no other medium of interest to so many people.
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I think that has been a benefit to me because I think most people understand quilts and not a lot of people understand paintings. But yet they're looking at one.
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New York's definitely got my heart.
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People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.
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It's funny --- sometimes the strongest individuals feel the worst when events are out of their control, and they can't really be there for the people they love. I've felt it myself.
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You can always control the results. You can always control your attitude and effort every day.
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As I started getting older, I realized, 'I'm so happy!' I didn't expect this! I wasn't happy when I was young.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
