John Coltrane Quotes
I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.
Quotes to Explore
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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
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The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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Terrorism should be seen in the light of the country's security and not from the narrow perspective of caste, creed and religion.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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It's not that I'm opposed to doing a big-budget action movie. But it has to be the right project.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period.
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I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
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As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time.
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I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day.
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Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.
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I have too much money invested in sweaters.
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For if I should not believe all that is written by Historians, of the glorious acts of Alexander, or Caesar; I do not think the Ghost of Alexander, or Caesar, had any just cause to be offended; or any body else, but the Historian. If Livy say the Gods made once a Cow speak, and we believe it not; we distrust not God therein, but Livy. So that it is evident, that whatsoever we believe, upon no other reason, then what is drawn from authority of men only, and their writings; whether they be sent from God or not, is Faith in men only.
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Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.
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I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.
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Use unlikely materials. Who would choose Pnin as hero, but how did we live before Pnin?
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I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.
