Saul Bellow Quotes
A man may say, "From now on I'm going to speak the truth." But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before he's even done speaking.
Quotes to Explore
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When I lived in Greece and off the coast of Italy, I enjoyed a branzino dish so much that I created my own version.
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Begin noticing and being careful about keeping your imagination free of thoughts that you do not wish to materialize. Instead, initiate a practice of filling your creative thoughts to overflow with ideas and wishes that you fully intend to manifest. Honor your imaginings regardless of others seeing them as crazy or impossible.
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I don't even have my own computer.
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Anybody with skin issues knows that that's a very sensitive subject, and that's why I've never shared that I have vitiligo because I do.
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I used to try to pick locks because I grew up on my grandparents' farm and I started my own little spy club. I would go around the farm and try to break into the shed and try spying on my grandpa. It was ridiculous.
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I do not live in the world of sobriety.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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I always try to learn a few words from a new language wherever I go.
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I didn't feel the Depression at all. I always had a pocketful of money.
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As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
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For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty, and it's not what it is for me.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.
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I met Powel Crosley at an All-Star Game in 1935. He was familiar, of course, with our winning record at Rochester. We seemed to hit it off immediately, and the following year, when he was looking for a successor to Larry MacPhail, he thought of me.
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I started saying, 'I don't want to be crazy anymore.' I need to make some changes. And the first thing I started doing was just got all the men out of my life, because that was a big problem for me. That was a crutch, if you will. You know, trying to define yourself through other people or men, in particular.
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Musical harmony is based on physical principles, while in cooking, ingredients must be weighed out with precision. At the same time, you have to be able to invent because if one follows the same recipe all the time, you never create anything new.
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The average IQ in America is - and this can be proven mathematically - average.
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When I met Michael Jordan on a basketball court at an athletic club – we hooped together in Chicago – he came to me and asked me if I wanted to do a song for his upcoming movie. I was like, 'Yeah!' I didn't even ask what it was.
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I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.
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'You need not fear where you are going when you know Jesus is going with you.'
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Music documentaries are hard to tell, but I think they're an amazing vehicle to look at racism, our attitude to sex, the way we judge drugs. There's the ability to get a big audience because of these incredible, iconic, charismatic people. You can look at a number of issues - the challenge is to make sure you choose something that has all those issues. Popular music is like a mirror of culture, of who we are.
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Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
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A man may say, "From now on I'm going to speak the truth." But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before he's even done speaking.
