S. I. Hayakawa Quotes
It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.
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Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die.
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Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.
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To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.
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I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.
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Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.
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People die because they find living too painful.
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I'm planning to be here forever, but I know at some point I'll probably have to give it up. If you live to 100, there's a very good chance you'll live forever. Because very few people die after 100.
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Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism.
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If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.
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Solutions are complex, and I continue to worry that Trump didn't fully appreciate the complexity of what's going on. Consequently, I worry about whether he's going to make the problems a whole lot better... But I am a Republican, and we really should give the guy a chance to govern and hope he's successful.
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Live fast, die young.
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We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
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What made 'American Idol' different from 'The Voice' and all these other singing competitions... 'American Idol' just gave regular old normal people like me and like Trent a chance.
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In graduate school, Aubrey Berg at the Cincinnati Conservatory gave me the chance to perform with the best in the country in Broadway caliber productions.
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Finding things to wear is what the Internet's for.
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I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.
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A lot of people are living in a dream world - they want to deny that aging occurs or believe it doesn't have to occur. They'll hold on to this belief until the moment they die. The reality will eventually hit them.
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To retire is to begin to die.
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Don't complain about not getting a chance and then be unprepared when you finally do.
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When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are the CEO, the responsibilities multiply enormously because you worry about everything.
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I actually didn't get to go to my prom. I left high school when I was 16 to join 'NSYNC. I felt that was something I always missed out on, and all my friends got to go and would tell me about it.
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I have very long, wild hair, a suntan and wear knee high boots and ignore all the rules about what you should or shouldn't wear at whatever age.
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Someday we may have as many followers as the harpsichord.
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It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.
