Walt Whitman Quotes
Has anyone supposed it lucky to be born? I hasten to inform him or her that it is just as lucky to die, and I know it.
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No one can occupy your generosity except you. Who can occupy your patience when impatience roars through you? Who except you can choose not to act with judgment when all of your thoughts are judgmental? Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you.
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I had to have shoulder reconstruction.
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Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
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I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
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In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'
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So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.
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I am a big PETA supporter, and their East Coast headquarters is the Sam Simon building, and their West Coast headquarters is in the Bob Barker building.
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If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape.
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ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.
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I feel like a mirror reflecting back everyone's perception of me.
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There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!
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I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.
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You hit 41 and you don't burn calories like you used to.
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I don't care where I have to go for work. I just care that it's a good project. That's what I want.
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Taking care of your employees is extremely important and very, very visible.
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I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.
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In North America, more than half of all children travel to school by bus. We need a similar programme in London.
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One-sided national economic triumphs cannot be achieved in the increasingly interwoven global economy without precipitating calamitous consequences for everyone.
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Humanity's mission is to find a peace that lies beyond the veil - a peace that is not of this world. The peace that is not of this world is not dependent on human circumstances.
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I am so loyal.
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Fold him in his country's stars. Roll the drum and fire the volley! What to him are all our wars, What but death bemocking folly?
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Has anyone supposed it lucky to be born? I hasten to inform him or her that it is just as lucky to die, and I know it.
