Eudora Welty Quotes
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My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I was 4; she wanted to make sure I was serious, and I wanted to be Chuck Berry when I grew up! We were a very musical family; my mum would play guitar, and her, my dad and aunt would sing and harmonize!
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I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.
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I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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New York is more where art is bought than where art is made.
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You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book.
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What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
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Most believers struggle to really believe in the supernatural as a meaningful, deterministic reality except during moments when they are drawn to it, perhaps during a worship service or while reading a novel like 'Adam.' Being drawn to this truth is the first step to living a life in accordance to this truth.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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I guess what I'm trying to say is that writing is mysterious; you don't ever truly know where it is coming from, so don't edit yourself line by line. Don't get in your own way. Whatever is truly there at the core, that is your voice.
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A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying.
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I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
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The spirit of the four hobbits in 'Lord of the Rings,' I suppose I miss that.
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Her respectful tone sounded almost sincere.
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Usually I write the songs at home and then I bring them in to the band; when we play them as a band, that's kinda how we figure out the feel of how they're going to be presented on the record or live.
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I think it would be very foolish not to take the irrational seriously.
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I actually don't trust anyone who tells me they don't like New York.
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I came out of the Civil Rights Movement, and I had a different kind of focus than most people who have just the academic background as their primary training experience.
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Most of the time I meet my trainer at the gym and we do a lot of everything: weights circuit with cardio, football drills, sprinting with weights on the treadmill.
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When I first made some comment when we launched that part of our purpose was to do stuff that has social ripples, lots of people said it was such a glib thing to say. I actually believe that.
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To write, you need to find what you love.
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All experience is an enrichment rather than an impoverishment.
