Samuel Smiles Quotes
Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
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There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about.
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I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
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All the great artists had their dark sides. Look at Amy Winehouse or anyone who has achieved a certain level of success. Even Adele, and the people that you wouldn't put in the same category as a gangster rapper. These women have exposed their vulnerabilities, demons, and things that have hurt them.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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All I want to do is get back to a principle-based Congress.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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I'd like to work with Bjork if I could get in the studio with her. We could probably travel to a different planet, you know what I'm saying?
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I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.
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I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.
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People's ideas and fears can make them small but they cannot make you small. People's prejudices can diminish them but they cannot diminish you. Small-minded people can think they determine your worth. But only you can determine your worth.
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I will run against anybody.
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Yeah, I know, any time you hear an actor say, 'I do music', you cringe. But I want to be gradual with my music. I want to earn my stripes.
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The more I find out about the dynamic and how it works, the more I realize how lucky I am to have ever got anything. Like... there was no need to put me in 'Cinderella Man' - there was no need. Why? Just get an American actor - it would've been cheaper, probably.
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Music reality shows are a good thing, especially for those seeking a career in music.
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Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.
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I will always be open to receive my friends. I will not force myself on them.
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I put myself through college playing pool.
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It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
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I was in art school, and we had all these random classes. We'd listen to a lot of Bollywood. I'd listen to Spanish music - and I don't even speak Spanish, but Hector Lavoe is amazing - we listened to French music like Edith Piaf. She's tight. I like cool vocal inflections; I like cool sounds. I pretty much listen to anything I think is good.
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It's not good enough for us to have generations of kids that... look forward to a better version of a cell phone with a video in it. They need to look forward to exploration.
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As we struggle to overcome our troubles, we are making history and fulling our destiny. Keep pressing!
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He is smitten on the brain, -he reads and writes verses! I caught him in the act! Fools might say he was inspired; but I know it is the first and worst symptom of lunacy. All other maniacs have lucid intervals; some are curable; but the madness of poets, dogs, and musicians, is past hope. Earth possesses no remedy, science no cure.
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Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
