John F. Kennedy Quotes
A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.
Quotes to Explore
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.
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When things happen - you ask yourself why today, why not tomorrow, why not yesterday? That's the most amazing thing about time.
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The next step in my life is hopefully meeting a nice guy and getting married.
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I think that people that are not sensitive, who seem to bang through life, do survive, but I don't think they get the really soaring feelings that people who are more artistically bent can get.
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What has never changed, what is always present and what is, in the end, what sustains us is that energy that I talk about in 'Like Water for Chocolate...' that loving energy. Without that, I wouldn't have had the strength to keep going and enjoy life.
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When I was a kid, the miracles of my life were the Resurrection, a candlelight service on New Year's Eve, the Virgin Birth, and the Three Wise Men.
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The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.
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The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about anything in my life.
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Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!
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Music evokes so many feelings in us, memories, nostalgia, things that are connected to our past.
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Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment.
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When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them, we grow in some small way.
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The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape.
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Where there is love there is life.
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Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.
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I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life.
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The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts.
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En art comme en amour, l'instinct suffit.
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Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength.
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Thank God that I had the ability to understand that I had a different beat and that I was a drummer.
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A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.
