Omar Khayyam Quotes
There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
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I was obsessed with work in my youth. It's why I didn't get married until I was 38 and the reason I didn't have kids.
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Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.
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I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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Think of the difference between a team sport and one that you do by yourself. Like it or not, if you're by yourself, you're going to be faced with a lot more of your own doubts and your own drawbacks and your own whatever.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.
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Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.
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As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
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Religions cannot change you. If you are angry, you will become an angry Muslim or Hindu. If you are righteous, you will become a righteous Christian or Jew.
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Kim Jong Un came in as a fresh face, so I think there's a great disappointment that he's playing the same game as his father.
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I want to make a name for myself.
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When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment.
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I don't think our music has much to do with math rock.
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Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable.
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The historian is a prophet looking backward.
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I think the hardest thing about making music now is being a great dad at the same time. There's an insanity that goes with writing - a mad scientist thing that you have to go through - and sacrificing a kid's upbringing to do that is not an option.
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When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.
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Junior Blender is a hardcore dancehall head. He's in Supersonic, which is one of the top soundclash sound-systems in Europe.
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Machines are beneficial to the degree that they eliminate the need for labor, harmful to the degree that they eliminate the need for skill.
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Sacredness grew like a pearl, sometimes around the most unlikely bits of grit.
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The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think it's all about control. Acting is vulnerable because you're not in control of anything. You have to give up a lot of your trust; it's up to somebody else what they do with what you've given them.
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Patricia Nixon gave up a career to become a political wife. She rose to the pinnacle of glory and then fell to disgrace because of deeds over which she had neither control nor knowledge.
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There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
