John Cage Quotes
We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.
Quotes to Explore
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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The mutated Marfan gene creates a defective version of fibrillin, a protein that provides structural support for soft tissues like blood vessels. Marfan victims often die young, in fact, after their aortas grow threadbare and rupture.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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There's no second chance on stage, and I was trained to make the most of my first chance.
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What I can tell you is that for Puerto Rico being such a small island, it has culturally impacted the entire world.
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Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence.
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.
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I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light.
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
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It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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Endorphins are a very powerful thing.
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The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture.
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It's an interesting thing to play the heroes of our society, like cops and firefighters. They're the basic heroes that, as little boys and little girls, you look up to as the first heroes of your small, specific community.
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Anyway, Cat Stevens is never going to make much money out of us.
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I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.
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Paul Ryan looks like the car rental salesman who bullies you into getting full coverage.
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To the young girl who fails to see opportunities around her: Awaken the intellectual curiosity within you. Go on, search for those opportunities and chase after them! Because when you are curious and in 'search mode,' you will meet a lot of people and learn, and when you find opportunities, you will be exhilarated rather than overwhelmed.
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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
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'The Driver' kind of set the tone for what I wanted to say, and lyrically, it especially did.
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We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life.
