Rumi Quotes
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently.
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I was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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My favorite thing is to have a big dinner with friends and talk about life.
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Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought and feelings. The two things are inseparable.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.
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I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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I think it's good politics to beat up on big companies and rich people.
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I still love records, and I've been fortunate that my parents bought me a record player so I didn't just have my vinyls to stare at!
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I always have a book that I write during competition. I need it with me, just to read back and reflect and look forward. If I'm feeling anxious, it helps me.
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Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stuff that's not needed.
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p. 97-98: As quoted in: S.P. Sector (1997). A Study of Issues Relating to the Patentability of Biotechnological Subject Matter. Footnote 51.
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When I was young, football and theatre were the only places I was happy. I remember school as just what happened in between the things that I liked.
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I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.
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Nur der verdient sich Freiheit wie das LebenDer täglich sie erobern muß.
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In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.
